Act & warrant from the magistrates to John Hutton, S.P..
Edinburgh (Scotland).Town Council.
Sprott, William,Procurator Fiscal.
Hutton, John.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1795]
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This is a petition of William Sprott, Procurator Fiscal, and John Hutton, superintendent of the police in Edinburgh, addressed to the Lord Provost and others. The warrant concerns bakers making "light bread", i.e. bread under the advertised weight, and the difficulties in bringing them to trial, which led the police to request a warrant for officers of the court to seize the bread.
ESTC
Bread
Scotland Edinburgh.