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Trials (Treason) - Scotland - Edinburgh

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    The trial of Capt. John Porteous , before the High Criminal Court, or Lords of Justiciary, in Scotland; for wounding and killing several persons at a late execution of a criminal, in the Grass-Market at Edinburgh, by Firing and ordering his Men to Fire on the Spectators.

    John Porteous | Date: [1736]
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    The trials at large of Robert Watt, and David Downie, for high treason , at the session of oyer and terminer, at Edinburgh, August 27th, September 3d, and Sept. 5th, 1794. at which they were both found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, on the 15th of October. Taken in short hand by an English barrister.

    Watt, Robert, d. 1794?. | Date: M.DCC.XCIV. [1794]
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    The trials at large of Robert Watt and David Downie, for high treason , at the session of Oyer and Terminer, at Edinburgh, August 27th, September 3d, and September 5th, 1794. At which they were both found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, on the 15th of October. Taken in short-hand by an English barrister.

    Watt, Robert, d. 1794? | Date: December 4, 1794. (Price a quarter of a dollar)

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