Trial of Captain Porteous,
edited by William Roughead.

Description

Main Author

Porteous, John, d. 1736

Related Names

Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.

Language(s)

English

Published

Glasgow W. Hodge, [1909]

Subjects

Roughead, William, > Roughead, William, / 1870-1952, > Roughead, William, / 1870-1952, / ed.
Riots > Riots / Scotland.

Note

"The plot of Sir Walter Scott's 'Heart of Midlothian' turns upon the incidents of the Porteous riot."--Dict. nat. biog.
Trial in 1736, in the High court of justiciary, for "murdering, slaughtering, maiming, and wounding divers of His Majestys̕ subjects." cf. p. 150.

Physical Description

366 p. front., 6 pl., 7 port., facsim., fold. plan. 23 cm.

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