Criminal Trials. The Following Persons are Indicted to be tried before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, at Glasgow, 27th of April, 1819. In Glasgow Jail / From Renfrewshire. Broadside.
Glasgow: John Muir, 1819. First printing. Ephemera - Broadside. A broadside issued for the court in Glasgow for the session held 27th April 1819. Not recorded on OCLC, Trove, National Library of Scotland, but possibly held by the University of Glasgow, cited on Jisc Library Hub (without detail).
This broadside is more abbreviated than the other report of this session. Of the two women mentioned in the other (Mary Kelly & Anne Robertson) only Kelly appears on this record, paired with Thomas Marshall (his wife).
Eight of those tried at Glasgow & Renfrewshire were transported to NSW, Australia on board the Eliza which sailed on 22nd September 1819. They include:
James Robertson, Duncan Campbell & Peter Vaughan (b. 31 Dec. 1801) - sentenced 14 years for house breaking and theft.
John Ballantine/Ballantyne - sentenced 14 years for house breaking and theft.
John Morrison & William Maxwell - sentenced 14 years for theft & reset of theft.
Matthew Gillespie (b. 31 Dec. 1802)(house breaking and theft), Occupation: coppersmith/brazier. Sentence 14 years.
John Yates (Yeates) (house breaking and theft, and being habit and reputed a thief). Born 31 Dec 1803, death 31 Dec 1843. Sentence 14 years.
Text 26 x 8 cm on tissue 28.5 x 11 cm, backed on 38.5 x 15 cm. Evenly tanned. Very good overall. Item #27669
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