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The fresh telling of the famous and sensational Scottish trials featured in this wide-ranging collection will enthral today's reader just as much as the drama of the original trials must have fascinated those who were following what was happening in court at the time. The people whose trials are covered in this book include: royal Scots accused of crimes against the Crown (for example, Mary Queen of Scots and Charles I) and those less noble accused of nefarious crimes such as burglary and worse (for example, Deacon Brodie and Burke and Hare); men like Joseph Knight, who today is seen as the man whose court case helped demonstrate Scotland was always against slavery, and Thomas Muir, whose actions in support of freedom for the common man were interpreted as seditious and worthy of punishment by transportation to Australia; and women like Madeleine Smith, who was accused of poisoning her lover in strict Victorian times.

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The trials and their outcomes: 1. The trial of Mary Queen of Scots - beheaded 2. The trial of Charles 1 - beheaded 3. The trial of Captain Kidd - hung 4. The trial of Deacon Brodie - hung 5. The trial of Joseph Knight - freed 6. The trial of Thomas Muir - transported to Australia 7. The trial of Sir Gregor MacGregor - cleared then moved to Venezuela 8. The trial of Burke and Hare - Burke was hung, Hare got off 9. The trial of Madeleine Smith - not proven and moved to Plymouth, then the US. 10. The trial of Jessie McLachlan - imprisoned for 15 years 11. The trial of the Glasgow City Bankers - 6 months in prison 12. The trial of Helen Duncan (tried for being a witch in 1943) - went free The trial of Mary Queen of Scots - one of the most infamous trials ever. She was tried for treason against Elizabeth I after some 18 years in custody, and beheaded. 2. The trial of Charles 1 - Charles I was the only king in British history ever to have been charged, found guilty of treason and subsequently executed. 3. The trial of Captain Kidd - the notorious trial of the colourful Scottish sailor and captain who was tried and executed for piracy, although some argue there is only evidence he acted as a privateer. 4. The trial of Deacon Brodie - Brodie's respectable trade and his reputation among the city fellows were belied by his nefarious night-time activities. His notorious trial for burglary and robbery in 1788 ended with him being sentenced to hang. It is said that he died on the gallows he had designed and funded the year before. 5. The trial of Joseph Knight - Jamaican born and a slave, Joseph Knight was sold to Wedderburn, a Scottish businessman, and brought to Scotland. In 1774 he succeeded in arguing that he should be allowed to leave domestic service and provide a home for his wife and child. He thus gave the Court of Session in Perth the chance to declare that Scots law did not recognize slavery and it would now protect runaway slaves from deportation and a return to slavery. 6. The trial of Thomas Muir - inspired by Paine's The Rights of Man and having supported the French Revolution, Muir was tried for sedition in 1793. He was exiled and transported to Australia for advocating political reform, and died aged only 33. 7. The trial of Sir Gregor MacGregor - a charming Scottish swindler who posed as a prince of Poyais, a place in British Honduras, and sold rights to land there, organizing ships to Poyais with the promise of a new life. Many lost their lives and were defrauded out of money and a future. Also includes the trial of Oscar Slater.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781849341721
  • Publisher: The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Waverley Books
  • Height: 124 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Noteworthy and Sensational Scottish Trials
  • Width: 194 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1849341729
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 240 gr


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