Remarks on the trial of Robert Reid, for the murder of his wife : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 29th of June 1835 / by John Fletcher.

  • Fletcher, John, 1792-1836.
Date:
1835
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Credit: Remarks on the trial of Robert Reid, for the murder of his wife : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 29th of June 1835 / by John Fletcher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Witnesses to which I refer, they are copied from verbatim notes of the proceedings taken during the Trial, and strictly corresponding, in all important points, with my own remembrance of the evidence wickedly and feloniously put her to death ; and the said Elizabeth A mot or Reid was thus murdered. To all of which the prisoner pleaded not guilty. Witnesses for the Croivn, referred to in these remarks, Isohel Young, of Pathhead. ' Mrs Tod, Do. i Mrs Chisholm, Do. Cherry Manners, Do. Mrs Ness, Do. John Arnot, Do. Mrs Fife, (wife of John Fife) Do. John Piggot, Do. Thomas Grieve, of St Clairtown. Charles Walker, Baron Bailie of Pathhead. C. C. Williams, Surgeon, of Dy- sart. Dr Forbes, of Dysart. Professor Christison, of Edin- burgh. Professor Traill, of Edinburgh. Counsel. The Solicitor-General, (Cun- inghame). John Shaw Stewart, and George Napier, Esquires, Ad- vocates-Depute. Agent. David Cleghorn, Esq. W. S. Witnesses for the Prisoner. John Fife, of Pathhead. ; Mrs Thomson, Do. Mrs Crichton, Do. : Mrs Lenny, Do. William Duncan, Do. Mrs Finlay or Smith, of Kirk- caldy. Henry Russell, of Pathhead. Mrs Gray or Smith, Jailor of Kirkcaldy. Mrs Wilson, of Pathhead. Michael Slater, Sheriff-officer of Kirkcaldy. James Fife, of Pathhead. Dr J. A. Robertson, of Edin. Professor Lizars, of Edinburgh. Dr Mackintosh, of Edinburgh. [ Those marked * were in the list of Witnessesfor the Crown.~] Counsel. James Anderson, and G. H. Pattison, Esquires, Ad- vocates. Agent. William Duncan, Esq. W. S.