The genuine tryal of Capt. John Porteous [electronic resource] : before the High Criminal Court, ... in Scotland; for firing his own piece, and ordering the men under his command to fire amongst the spectators, ... 1736.

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• The genuine tryal of Capt. John Porteous before the High Criminal Court, or the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, for firing his own piece, and ordering the men under his command to fire amongst the spectators, at the execution of Andrew Wilson, in the Grass-Market of Edinburgh, the 14th of April, 1736 : by which six persons were kill'd, viz., Charles Husband, Archibald Ballantyne, John Anderson, Alexander Macneil, Margaret Gardon, and Henry Graham, and eleven persons dangerously wounded, viz., Margaret Arthur, Jane Peat, David Wallace, James Philp, David Kidd, Patrick Spalding, James Lyle, Alexander Wallace, John Miller, David Ogilvie, and James Nivan : containing 1. The libel or indictment of His Majesty's Solicitor-General against Porteous : 2. Interlocutor, or judgment of the said Lords on the 6th July, 1736, upon it : 3. The names of the assize of petitjury : 4. The prisoner's judicial confession : 5. The information for His Majesty's advocate, for His Highness's interest, against Captain Porteous, on July 12th, 1736 : 6. The information of the council, or Advocates for the said Captain Porteous, on the 13th July, 1736 : N.B. These contain the curious and learned pleadings of council of both sides, according to the civil, municipal, and common law of all nations in such cases : 7. The particular depositions and examinations of twenty six witnesses, adduc'd upon the 19th of July 1736, by His Majesty's advocate of attorney general, for proving the libel : 8. The depositions and examinations of the sixteen witnesses adduc'd by the council for the prisoner : 9. Verdict return'd by the aforesaid jury, the 20th July, 1736 : 10. The sentence pronounc'd by the Lords upon the jury's returning this verdict : 11. The petition of Captain Porteous presented to Her Majesty Queen Caroline, guardian of these realms, for mercy : 12. A full and true account of the mob's executing him the 7th of September, 1736 : More authentick than any yet publish'd.
  by: Porteous, John, -1736
• 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.
  by: Porteous, John, -1736
• The tryal of Capt. John Porteous, before the high criminal court or Lords of justiciary, in Scotland
  by: Porteous, John, -1736
  Published: (1736)
• The trial of Capt. John Porteous before the High Criminal Court, or Lords of Justiciary, in Scotland.
  by: Porteous, John, -1736
  Published: (1736)
• 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, ... at Edinburgh.
  by: Porteous, John, -1736
  Published: (1736)