The tryal of George Earl of Wintoun
Subtitle: upon the articles of impeachment of high treason exhibited against him by the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled, in the name of themselves and of all the commons of Great Britain : in Westminster-Hall on Thursday the 15th, Friday the 16th, and Monday the 19th days of March, 1715/16, on the last of which days judgment of high-treason was given against him : together with several orders of the House of Peers in course of time preparatory to the said tryal
Series: Making of modern law
Publisher: Printed for Jacob Tonson
Published: 1716
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Trials (Treason); Early works to 1800
Other titles: Trial of George Earl of Wintoun
Description: Lord Winton was taken prisoner in the Battle of Preston, and although he was sentenced to death, he escaped from the Tower to France and died in Rome, December 19, 1749. Cf. DNB.
Notes: "Published by order of the House of Peers."

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