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LAW BOOKS

Address to the People of Scotland on the Nature, Power and Privileges of Juries

Published: 1815
Author: William Smellie F.R.S. and F.A.S.

Available from: Nature, Power and Privileges of Juries

Arrest book from Glasgow 20th October 1816 to 24th December 1816
Published: 1816
Author: Glasgow Police
Digitised by Zac & Stana Barr and Craig R. Bryce
Available from: Arrest Book  

TRIALS

A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland, from A.D. 1536 to 1784
Published: 1812
Author: Hugo Arnot
Available from: A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland  

An Examination of the Trials for Sedition which have hitherto Occurred in Scotland
Published: 1888
Author: Lord Cockburn
Available from: An Examination of the Trials for Sedition   

Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in Scotland  From November 1835 to December 1837
Published: 1838
Author: Archibald Swinton Esq.
Available from: Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in Scotland From 1835 to 1837  
 
Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in Scotland From January 1838 to December 1841
Published: 1842
Author: Archibald Swinton Esq.
Available from: Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary from 1838 to 1841    

Reports of cases before the High Court and circuit courts of justiciary from 1848 to1852
Published: John Shaw Esq.
Author: 1853
Available from: Reports of cases before the High Court and circuit courts of justiciary from 1848 to1852  

Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in Scotland from December  1877 to May 1882
Published: 1883
Author: Charles Tennant Couper
Available from: Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary from 1877 to 1882  


The Rights of Labour Defended: or The Trial of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners
Published: 1837
Author: The Glasgow Committee of the Trades Delegates
Available From: 
The Trial of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners


Trials for High Treason, in Scotland, under a Special Commission, held at Stirling, Glasgow, Dumbarton, Paisley, and Ayr, in the Year 1820
Published: 1825
Author: C J Green
Available from: Trials for High Treason, in Scotland ~ Volume 1  
                         Trials for High Treason, in scotland ~ Volume 2 
                         Trials for High Treason, in Scotland ~ Volume 3   


The Trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors
Published: 1905
Editor: William Wallace M.A.

Available from:  The Trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors

The trial of the Bank Directors in 1878 was a terrible time for the people of Scotland who had invested in the City of Glasgow Bank.  The investors did not only lose their investments, many also became bankrupt due to having to recompense the Bank well above their investment level.  For deteails of the people concerned, please use the following links:
City of Glasgow Bank ~ List of Contributories ~ 1878
City of Glasgow Bank~ Official List of Shareholders and their Calls ~ 1878

Report of the Trial of the Dinamitards
Published: 1884
Author: Charles Tennant Couper
Available from: Report of the Trial of the Dinamitards

Report of the Trial of Madeleine Smith
Published: 1857
Author: Alexander Forbes Irvine
Available from: 
Report of the Trial of Madeleine Smith


Madeleine [Smith] tried at the bar of common sense and common humanity ~ being a plea for the coroner s inquest in Scotland
Published: 1858
Author: Historicus
Available from: Madeleine [Smith] tried at the bar of common sense and common humanity  

Glasgow Poisoning Case : unabridged report of the evidence in this extraordinary trial
Published: 1857
Available from: Glasgow Poisoning Case

The Western Bank Failure and the Scottish Banking System: being the evidence thereon given before the Select Committee on the Bank Acts
Published: 1858
Available from: The Western Bank Failure and the Scottish Banking System

Trial of Burke and Hare
Published: 1927
Editor: William Roughead
Available from: Trial of Burke and Hare  

Memoirs of Jane Cameron ~ Female Convict
Published: 1864
Available from: 
Memoirs of Jane Cameron ~ Female Convict

Executions in Scotland from 1800 to their Cessation
Available from: Executions in Scotland  

​RECORDS
The History and Imperfect Conditions of the Parochial Records ~ Births Deaths and Marriages
Published: 1854
Author: 
George Seton
Available from:  History of Parochial Records
Contents: A great read for those interested in genealogy and how the present system developed.


Irregular Marriages in Scotland as Reflected in Kirk Session Records
Author: James Scott Marshall M.A., Ph.D.
Available from: Irregular Marriages in Scotland as Reflected in Kirk Session Records

​Vital Registration ~ a manual of the law and practice concerning the registration of births, deaths, and marriages registration acts for Scotland with relative notes on vaccination and the census, forms, and tables of fees, &c
Published: 1907
Author: G. T. Bissett-Smith F.S.S.
Available from: Vital Registration​

The Burgh Register of Sasines of Glasgow
Published: 1917
Author: David Murray LL.D., F.S.A.
Available from: 
The Burgh Register of Sasines of Glasgow
Contents: This short, 27 page booklet contains the arguments raised by Glasgow University Court on 10th February 1927 against the plan of Glasgow Corporation ​to send all of the Burgh Registers of Sasine from 1694 to 1927 to Edinburgh for permanent custody.

Conference to Support the Taxation of Land Values
Published: 1899
Available from: 
Conference to Support the Taxation of Land Values

Town Council Seals of Scotland
Published: 1904
Author: Alexander Porteous
Available from:  Town Council Seals of Scotland
Contents: A wonderful book for those wishing to see the ancient seals or Arms of each of the towns and cities in Scotland, also contains some history of each.


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