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 proceedings. /
Brodie, William,1741-1788,defendant.
Smith, George,-1788,defendant.
Morison, Aeneas,reporter.
Guthrie, Charles John Guthrie,Lord,1849-1920,donor.StEdNL: H.18.b.18
Scotland.High Court of Justiciary.
Edinburgh: : Printed for Charles Elliot, Parliament-Square; and sold by C. Elliot and T. Kay, no 332. Strand, London; and all booksellers in town and country.,
M,DCCLXXXVIII.. [1788]
Errata on pages [258] and 279.
Appendix: pages [261]-279.
The verso of the final leaf and the endpapers contain a contemporary manuscript copy of the last will of William Brodie.
ESTC
Manuscript note on recto of front free endpaper: Presented to the Advocates Library by Lord Guthrie, July 1, 1919.
Brodie, William, 1741-1788
Brodie, William, 1741-1788
Smith, George, -1788
Trials (Burglary)
Scotland Edinburgh.