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Home Drummond, Henry, 1783-1867, author
Maconochie, Alexander, Lord Meadowbank, 1777–1861, author
Alison, Archibald, Sir, 1792–1867, author
Anderson, James, author
Wood, Alexander, author

Aberdeen, : [Multiple printers], 1816-1854.

462 pages ; 25 cm.

A volume containing collected criminal letters and indictments by His Majesty's Advocate against residents of Aberdeen dating from 1816 to 1825. Each letter or indictment contains a description of the alleged offence, a list of witnesses and sometimes a list of assize, giving details of prospective jurors. The plea of the accused and outcome of trial has been noted on some of the letters with hand-written additions. The volume also contains hand-written copies of various legal letters and instructions relating to Aberdeen between 1822 and 1854. There is a hand-written alphabetical index at the beginning of the volume of the crimes from the indictments and of topics discussed in the copied letters.

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