The Trial of William Brodie Wright and Cabinet Maker in Edinburgh, and of George Smith Grocer There, Before the High Court of Justiciary, Held at Edinburgh on Wednesday the 27th, and Thursday the 28th, August 1788: For Breaking Into the General Excise-Office at Edinburgh on the 5th of March Last : Containing the Evidence at Large for and Against the Prisoners, Accurate Statements of the Pleadings of the Counsel, and the Opinions of the Judges on Many Important Points of Law, with the Whole ProceedingsC. Elliot, 1788 - 279 strani |
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5th of March accufed accuſed admiffibility againſt alfo alibi bank-note becauſe Brodie's broke Brown and Ainflie cafe circumftance clofe confequence confideration coulter counſel courfe Court crime Dean of Faculty declarant defcribed defire dence Edinburgh evidence Excife Excife-office fafe faid fame fearch fent fentence fhall fhould fhown figned fince fituation fome ftairs ftated fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fure fwears fworn Gentlemen George Smith guilty himſelf houfe houſe huſband indictment inftance John Brown John Clerk jury laſt letters libel likewife Lord Advocate Lord Efkgrove Lord Juftice Clerk Lord Swinton Lordships March laft miſtake moſt muſt myſelf neceffary night o'clock obferved objection occafion pannel pardon perfon piftols poffible prefent prifoner profecutor proof purchaſed purpoſe queſtion reafon refpectable ſay Scotland Sheriff ſhown Smith's houfe ſtated Stonefield ſuch teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thoſe Thurſday tion trial trunk uſed verdict Wedneſday William Brodie witnefs Witness
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