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Book/Printed Material A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D. 1536 to 1784 : with historical and critical remarks

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Title

  • A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D. 1536 to 1784 : with historical and critical remarks

Names

  • Arnot, Hugo, 1749-1786.

Created / Published

  • Edinburgh : Printed for the author by W. Smellie, MDCCLXXXV [1785]

Contents

  • Treason -- Leasing-making -- Parricide -- Murder -- Of tumult within burgh -- Of piracy -- Of forgery -- Of breaking of gardens -- Of incest -- Of adultery -- Of fornication -- Of blasphemy -- Of other crimes against religion and the state -- Witchcraft -- Appendix.

Headings

  • -  Trials--Scotland
  • -  Trials (Treason)--Scotland--Early works to 1800
  • -  Trials (Murder)--Scotland--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Signatures: a-c² A-3D⁴.
  • -  "List of subscribers": p. iii-xxiii.
  • -  Errata: preliminary p. [24].
  • -  ESTC T142881
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Digital images not viewed; td12 2009-08-31
  • -  Formerly shelved under: LAW Coll. Trials (A&E) Arnot Copies 1 & 2.

Medium

  • xxiii, [1], 400 p. ; 27 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KDC184 .A76 1785

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 45047416

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Credit line: Law Library of Congress, Piracy Trials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Arnot, Hugo. A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D.to 1784: with historical and critical remarks. [Edinburgh: Printed for the author by W. Smellie, MDCCLXXXV, 1785] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/45047416/.

APA citation style:

Arnot, H. (1785) A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D.to 1784: with historical and critical remarks. [Edinburgh: Printed for the author by W. Smellie, MDCCLXXXV] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/45047416/.

MLA citation style:

Arnot, Hugo. A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D.to 1784: with historical and critical remarks. [Edinburgh: Printed for the author by W. Smellie, MDCCLXXXV, 1785] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/45047416/>.