The Trial of Capt John Porteous, Before the High Criminal Court,..

by Trial, John Porteous, Defendant

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Early Account of a Famous Scottish Murder Trial, This Copy Includes Two Pages of Contemporary Manuscript Notes Trial . Porteous, John 1695-1736 , Defendant. 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. Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by John

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