£20 reward : malicious mischief : whereas the statues of Sir Walter Scott and Professor Wilson in East Princes Street Gardens were maliciously disfigured with black and white oil paint, on the night of the 12th, or the morning of the 13st inst., the magistrates hereby offer a reward of £20 to any person who shall give such information to the undersigned as will lead to the conviction of any offender /
Edinburgh (Scotland).Town Council.
Morham, R.
Edinburgh : [The Council],
1870.
Signed R. Morham, Deputy City Clerk.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Wilson, John, 1785-1854
Princes Street Gardens (Edinburgh)