Authentick extract of the proceedings in the trial of Capt. John Porteous
Subtitle: laid before the House by the Duke of Newcastle, March the 3rd, 1736 [i.e. 1737].
Contributors: Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768.; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.
Publisher: Printed by John Baskett ...
Published: 1737
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Porteous, John, -- d. 1736 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Murder) -- Scotland.; Porteous Riots, 1736 -- Sources.
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.; Sources.
Notes: Captain John Porteous was tried in the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, in July 1736, charged with having fired and ordered the soldiers under his command to fire into a mass of people in the streets, thereby wounding and killing many.

Signatures: pi1 A-R².

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