The trial of Katharine Nairn [Ogilvie] and Patrick Ogilvie, for the crimes of incest and murder [of Thomas Ogilvie]. Containing the whole procedure of the High Court of Justiciary; upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th days of August 1765 / [Katharine Nairn Ogilvie].
- Nairne, Katharine.
- Date:
- 1765
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The trial of Katharine Nairn [Ogilvie] and Patrick Ogilvie, for the crimes of incest and murder [of Thomas Ogilvie]. Containing the whole procedure of the High Court of Justiciary; upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th days of August 1765 / [Katharine Nairn Ogilvie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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