Trial of Captain PorteousW. Hodge, 1909 - 366 pages |
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Alexander Alexander Wilson Andrew Wilson answer appear apprehended arms assistance attended authority Bailie burgh Caledonian Mercury Canongate Captain John Porteous Captain Porteous Castle Causa scientiæ patet Charles Husband City Guard command committed Council Court of Justiciary criminal defence deponent Duke of Newcastle duty Earl of Ilay endeavoured evidence examined and interrogated execution of Andrew firelock Forbes Gates give Grace Grassmarket hand hanged heard honour House Ilay indictment informed James Leith letter Lindsay Lord Advocate Lord Ilay Lord Justice-Clerk Lord Provost Lords of Justiciary Lordships Magistrates Majesty Majesty's Advocate March Moyle Murther night observed occasion officers orders to fire pannel Parliament partial counsel persons Petitioner piece place libelled Porteous's present Prison purged of malice reprieve riot rioters scaffold Scotland seized sent sentence servant shot Sic subscribitur soldiers solemnly sworn stones street Tolbooth told Town Guard trial Troops Tuesday warrant William witnesses wounded
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Page 36 - Black, a journeyman tailor, whose bride was the daughter of the house we were in. She fainted away when he was brought into the house speechless, where he only lived till nine or ten o'clock. We had seen many people, women and men, fall on the street, and at first thought it was only through fear, and by their crowding on one another to escape. But when the crowd dispersed, we saw them lying dead or wounded, and had no longer any doubt of what had happened. The numbers were said to be eight or nine...
Page 157 - Justices shall be of opinion that the ordinary Officers appointed for preserving the Peace are not sufficient for the Preservation of the Peace, and for the Protection of the Inhabitants and the Security of the Property...
Page 356 - As for this Cardinal, I grant He was the man we might well want ; God will forgive it soon : But of a truth, the sooth to say, Although the loon be well away, The fact was foully done.
Page 1 - It even vivifies the heel To skip and dance : Lifeless is he wha canna feel Its influence. Let mirth abound ; let social cheer Invest the dawning of the year ; Let blithesome innocence appear To crown our joy ; ' Nor envy, wi' sarcastic sneer, Our bliss destroy.
Page 144 - Catharine's, baronet, his majesty's advocate for his majesty's interest ; that, albeit, by the laws of this and of every other well-governed realm, murder is a crime of a heinous nature, and severely punishable ; yet true it is and of verity, that you, the said James Stuart, are guilty of the said crime...
Page 36 - Mr. Baillie had taken windows in a house on the north side of the Grassmarket, for his pupils and me, in the second floor, about seventy or eighty yards westward of the place of execution, where we went in due time to see the show ; to which I had no small aversion, having seen one at Dumfries, the execution of Jock Johnstone, which shocked me very much.* When we arrived at the house, some people * See above, p.
Page 8 - He was a tall, black man, and ordinarily looked down to the ground; a grim countenance, and a big nose. His garb was still a cloak, and somewhat dark, and he never went without his staff.
Page 127 - Edinburgh, from enjoying any office or place of magistracy in the city of Edinburgh, or elsewhere in Great Britain...
Page 338 - In all these departments, he discharged his duty with honour and integrity. As a lawyer, he was esteemed an able civilian, he spoke with ease and gracefulness, and in a dialect which was purer than that of most of his contemporaries. As a judge, his demeanour was grave and decorous, and accompanied with a gentleness and suavity of manners, that were extremely ingratiating.