@article{579302,
      recid = {579302},
      author = {Porteous, John,},
      title = {The genuine tryal of Capt. John Porteous, before the High  Criminal Court, or the Lords of Justiciary, in Scotland;  for firing his own piece, and ordering the men under his  command to fire amongst the spectators, at the Execution of  Andrew Wilson, in the Grass-Market of Edinburgh, the 14th  of April, 1736. By which six Persons were kill'd, viz.  Charles Husband, Archibald Ballantyne, John Anderson,  Alexander Macneil, Margaret Gordon, and Henry Graham: And  eleven Persons dangerously wounded, viz. Margaret Arthur,  Jane Peat, David Wallace, James Philp, David Kidd, Patrick  Spalding, James Lyle, Alexander Wallace, John Miller, David  Ogilvie, and James Nivan. Containing 1. The Libel or  Indictment of his Majesty's Solicitor-General against  Porteous. 2. Interlocutor, or Judgment of the said Lords on  the 6th July, 1736, upon it. 3. The Names of the Assize or  Petit-Jury. 4. The Prisoner's judicial Confession. 5. The  Information for his Majesty's Advocate, for his Highness's  Interest, against Captain Porteous, on July 12th, 1736. 6.  The Information of the Council, or Advocates for the said  Captain Porteous, on the 13th July, 1736. N. B. These  contain the curious and learned Pleadings of Council of  both sides, according to the Civil, Municipal, and Common  Law of all Nations in such Cases. 7. The particular  Depositions and Examinations of twenty six Witnesses,  adduc'd upon the 19th of July 1736, by his Majesty's  Advocate or Attorney General, for proving the Libel. 8. The  Depositions and Examinations of the sixteen Witnesses  adduc'd by the Council for the Prisoner. 9. Verdict  return'd by the aforesaid Jury, the 20th July, 1736. 10.  The Sentence pronounc'd by the Lords upon the Jury's  returning this Verdict. 11. The Petition of Captain  Porteous presented to her Majesty Queen Caroline, Guardian  of these Realms, for Mercy. 12. A full and true Account of  the Mob's executing him the 7th of September, 1736. More  Authentick than any yet publish'd. [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-Noster Row,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {45,[1],69,[1]p. ;},
      year = {1736},
      note = {The second sequence of pagination comprises: 'Information  for His Majesty's Advocate, .. against John Porteous, ..},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/579302},
}