The trial of Archibald Stewart Esq; late Lord Provost of Edinburgh, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, for neglect of duty, and misbehaviour in the execution of his office, as Lord Provost of Edinburgh,  before and at the time the rebels got possession of that city in the month of September 1745. : Extracted under the hand of the Clerk of the Justiciary, from the books of adjournal of that Court; and containing the whole procedure had therein, from Mr. Stewart's first appearance before that court, the 24th March 1747. till his final acquitance therefrom, the 2d November thereafter..
Stewart, Archibald,1697-1780.
Geddes, Joan,active 1785,former owner.NLS: BCL.D2647
Scottish National Portrait Gallery,former owner.StEdNL: AP.1.211.33
Edinburgh, : Printed for Gideon Crawfurd bookseller, and sold at his shop in the Parliament-Close; and by the other booksellers in town and country.,
1747..
In two parts dealing with the two trials of Stewart, each part has individual pagination but register is continuous throughout the work.
Second part has caption title: Proceedings in the second trial of Archibald Stewart, Esq.
Leaf Z2 is blank.
ESTC
Previously mounted on a card with ink stamp: Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh.
Inscription on title page: Joan: Geddes Mar. 1785.
Stewart, Archibald, 1697-1780
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
Scotland Edinburgh.