The Trial of Capt. John Porteous, Before the High Criminal Court, or Lords of Justiciary, in Scotland; For Wounding and Killing Several Persons at a Late Execution of a Criminal, in the Grass-Market at Edinburgh, by Firing and Ordering His Men to Fire…

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Full Title: The Trial of Capt. John Porteous, Before The High Criminal Court, or Lords of Justiciary, in Scotland; for Wounding and Killing Several Persons at a Late Execution of a Criminal, in The Grass-Market at Edinburgh, by Firing and Ordering His Men to Fire on

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Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed and Sold by John White: Sold Also by The Booksellers of Newcastle and Durham, c.1737