Execution. : An account of the execution of John Thomson and David Dobie, for the assault, murder and robbery of Margaret Paterson, on the 17th April last, with an affectionate letter sent to Dobie's wife..
Dobie, David,-1830.
[Edinburgh] : Robertson and Thomson, printers, Edinburgh.,
[1830]
Dated at head of text: Edinburgh, Wednesday morning, nine o'clock, 18th August 1830.
Two editions are known. In this edition the title is in upper case italic, and in the woodcut of the gallows the upright post appears to the right of the two bodies.
With four woodcuts, depicting the gallows, Dobie, Paterson, and Thomson.
Priced at end of text: (Price one penny.)
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Catalogue of English broadsides,
Dobie, David, -1830.
Thomson, John, -1830.
Paterson, Margaret, of Dalkeith.
Executions and executioners
Scotland Edinburgh.