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Trial of Captain Porteous,
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Trial of Captain Porteous,

Author: John Porteous; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.
Publisher: Glasgow and Edinburgh, W. Hodge [1909]
Series: Notable Scottish trials
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: William Roughead
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Porteous; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.
OCLC Number: 5145567
Notes: Trial in 1736, in the High court of justiciary, for "murdering, slaughtering, maiming, and wounding divers of His Majestys̕ subjects." cf. p. 150. "The plot of Sir Walter Scott's 'Heart of Midlothian' turns upon the incidents of the Porteous riot."--Dict. nat. biog.
Description: 366 p. front., 6 pl., 7 port., facsim., fold. plan. 23 cm.
Series Title: Notable Scottish trials
Responsibility: edited by William Roughead.

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