Criminal Trials (2 volumes)
- Reference:GB 1784 HILL/11/6
- Alternative Id:GB 1784 Sh77.5
- Dates of Creation:1793 - 1820
Scope and Content
Volume 1: Reports of 3 political trials relating to Glasgow bound into one volume. Trial of Thomas Muir of Huntershill for sedition in 1793; Joseph Gerrald for sedition in 1794; Thomas Hardy for high treason in 1794; volume 2: Reports of a number of political trials relating to Glasgow bound into one volume. Trial of Alex McLaren & Thomas Baird for sedition 1817; Trial of Rev Neil Douglas for sedition in 1817; Trial of William Edgar & Andrew McKinley for administering unlawful oaths and proceedings against James McEwan & others in 1817; Trial of James Williams for high treason in 1820; Trial of William Skirving for sedition in 1836 also having appended trial of Robert Watt & David Downie for high treason in 1836; Trials of Andrew Hardie & John Baird in 1820.