William Brodie

William Brodie (28 Satumba 1741 - 1 Oktoba 1788), wanda aka fi sani da taken Deacon Brodie, ya kasance Mai yin majalisa na Scotland, mai kula da ƙungiyar kasuwanci, kuma mai ba da shawara na birnin Edinburgh, wanda ke kula da rayuwar sirri a matsayin ɓarawo don tallafawa masoyansa da kuma tallafawa jarabawar caca.

 Rayuwa 
William Brodie ɗan Francis Brodie ne, Convenor of Trades a Edinburgh . Babban matsayi na mahaifinsa ya ba William damar zama Deacon na Wrights da Masons a kusa da shekara ta 1781. 

A shekara ta 1774, an lissafa mahaifiyar Brodie a matsayin shugaban gida a gidansu na Edinburgh a kan Brodie's Close a kan Lawnmarket . Iyalin (William da 'yan uwansa) an jera su a matsayin "masu rubuce-rubuce da masu jana'izar" a kan Lawnmarket .  A shekara ta 1787 an lissafa William Brodie shi kaɗai a matsayin mai wauta da ke zaune a Brodie's Close .  An gina gidan ne kusa da ƙasan kusa a cikin 1570, a gefen kudu maso gabas na kotun da aka buɗe, ta hanyar majistare na Edinburgh William Little, kuma an san kusurwar da Little's Close har zuwa karni na 18.

Tare da 'ci gaba' da aka yi a Edinburgh, an rushe gidan a kusa da 1835 kuma yanzu Victoria Terrace ta rufe shi.  (A wani lokaci daga baya, bitar Brodie da katako, waɗanda ke ƙasa da ƙarshen kusurwar, sun ba da hanya ga tushe na Babban Laburaren Laburaren Free a kan George IV Bridge.) 

Da rana, Brodie ya kasance mai cin gashin kansa kuma Deacon (shugaban) na Incorporation of Wrights, wanda ke kulle da sana'ar yin majalisa a Edinburgh, kuma wannan ya sanya shi memba na majalisar gari. Wani bangare na aikinsa a matsayin mai yin majalisa shine shigarwa da gyaran makullin da sauran hanyoyin tsaro. Ya yi hulɗa tare da mutanen Edinburgh kuma ya sadu da mawaki Robert Burns da mai zane Henry Raeburn . Ya kasance memba na Edinburgh Cape Club  kuma an san shi da sunan "Sir Llyud".

 Kamawa da shari'a 
Shari'ar da ta haifar da faduwar Brodie ta fara ne a ranar 5 ga Maris 1788, lokacin da ya shirya wani hari da makami a Ofishin haraji a Kotun Chessels, a kan Canongate. Ya yi kwafin maɓallin shigarwa ta amfani da putty a ziyarar da ta gabata kuma, bayan ya yi maɓallin, kawai ya buɗe ƙofar. Brodie ya kasance tare da Smith, Ainslie, da Brown. Dukansu sun yi ado da baki, kuma Brodie da Brown kowannensu yana ɗauke da bindigogi biyu. Sun fara ne da misalin karfe 8 na yamma. Brodie yana cikin manyan ruhu da kuma raira waƙa daga The Beggars Opera . Sun san cewa kodayake ofishin haraji ya rufe, mai tsaron dare bai zo ba har zuwa karfe 10 na yamma. Lokacin da ya isa Kotun Chessels, Ainslie ta tsaya a waje.

Shirin ya lalace lokacin da James Bonar ya koma ofishinsa ba zato ba tsammani a karfe 8.30 na yamma. Kungiyar ta tsere da £ 16 kawai. Brodie ya gaggauta zuwa gida, ya canza zuwa tufafi na yau da kullun, kuma ya tafi gidan uwargidansa Jean Watt, a kan Libertons Wynd, yana fatan ƙirƙirar alibi.

A wannan dare, Brown ya kusanci hukumomi don neman gafarar Sarki, wanda aka miƙa bayan fashi na baya, kuma ya ba da sunayen Smith da Ainslie (da farko ba ya faɗi komai game da shigar Brodie). Brown ya kuma nuna wa hukumomi wani ɓoye na maɓallan da aka ɓoye a ƙarƙashin dutse a gindin Salisbury Crags . 

An kama Smith da Ainslie, kuma washegari Brodie ya yi ƙoƙari ya ziyarce su a kurkuku amma an ƙi shi. Da yake fahimtar cewa dole ne ya bar Edinburgh, Brodie ya yi tafiya zuwa kudu kuma ya isa Dover cikin kwanaki 18, George Williamson, Manzon Sarki ya bi shi sosai. A can Williamson ya rasa hanyar. Brodie ya koma Landan, inda ya zauna har zuwa 23 ga Maris. Daga nan sai ya shiga jirgin Leith Endeavour karkashin sunan John Dixon. Endeavour yana komawa Edinburgh, amma Brodie ya biya jirgin don ya karkatar da shi a Flushing, Netherlands, inda ya yi tafiya zuwa Ostend. Koyaya, a cikin jirgin ya ba Mista Geddes wasiƙu da yawa don isar da ita ga wata uwargidan, a Cant's Close a Edinburgh. Geddes ya yi shakku kuma ya ba da wasiƙun ga hukumomi a Edinburgh. Williamson ya ci gaba da bin sa kuma ya sami Brodie a Amsterdam, inda yake shirin tserewa zuwa Amurka. An mayar da Brodie zuwa Edinburgh don shari'a. 

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