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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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