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Scottish criminal records in the Special Collections The Special Collections of Glasgow University Library holds a considerable amount of court material for both the 18th and the 19th centuries. The holdings reproduced here are of the High Court’s circuit in Glasgow in the early 1830s. Printed versions of the indictments often contain a fairly detailed account of the crime, together with the names of witnesses. These volumes, which were used by members of the Court, also contain an index of all the trials scheduled for the session, and a manuscript notation of the outcome of the trial. Examples shown here are all taken from Mu28-c.16-19; find other items of relevance
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Scotland High Court of Justiciary: Collection of indictments in cases tried at the High Court at Glasgow 1830-1836 (Sp Coll Mu28-c.16-19)Click on the thumbnails to see readable, enlarged images
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Examples from Mu28-c.16: Glasgow Winter Circuit 1831: John Shaw Stewart, Advocate-Depute |
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List of assize at the Glasgow Winter Circuit January 1831 |
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Summary of trials January 1831 Six pages (first page only shown here) |
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Examples from Mu28-c.17: Glasgow Spring Circuit 1832: John Shaw Stewart, Advocate-Depute |
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List of assize at the Glasgow Spring Circuit May 1832 |
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Summary of trials Spring 1832 Five pages (first page only shown here) |
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Examples from Mu28-c.18: Glasgow Autumn Circuit 1833: John Shaw Stewart, Advocate-Depute |
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List of assize at the Glasgow Autumn Circuit September 1833 |
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Summary of trials September1833 Seven pages (first page only shown here) |
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Examples from Mu28-c.19: Glasgow Autumn Circuit 1836: John Shaw Stewart, Advocate-Depute |
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List of assize at the Glasgow Autumn Circuit September 1836 |
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Summary of trials September1836 Five pages (first page only shown here) |
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Indictment against Moses Cochrane for Assault Three pages (first page shown here) |
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Indictment against William King & Elizabeth
Miller or Bell or M'Dougall for Theft, by housebreaking,
and reset. Three pages (first page shown here) |
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Indictment against Archibald Waddell for Destroying a
deed, and assault Five pages (first page shown here) |
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Indictment against Mary Ann M'Allister for Theft,
hab. rep. and prev. con. Three pages (first page shown here) |
Search the library catalogue using justiciary as a keyword to bring up a listing of other items of relevance held in Glasgow University. The full records of the High Court of Justiciary are held in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, in the JC series. See in particular: Indictments. A list of all the persons belonging to the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and Dumbarton, who are indicted to stand trial at the ensuing Circuit Court of Justiciary, which opens at Glasgow, before the Lords Justice Clerk and Pitmilly, upon Tuesday the 26th day of April, 1825 Mu1-x.11/127 Indictments. A true and particular account of all the persons which are indicted to stand trial before the High Court of Justiciary, at Glasgow, on Thursday the 18th of April, 1822 Mu1-x.11/8 Indictments. List of persons who have been served with indictments to stand trial at the ensuing Circuit Court, which is to be opened at Glasgow on the 26th April, 1820 Mu1-x.11/168 Indictments. The complete copy of the list of the different persons who are indicted to stand trial at the Circuit Court of Justiciary which opens at Glasgow, on Friday the 6th of October, 1820 Mu1-x.11/168 Indictments of Glasgow and Stirling. A list of the names and crimes of all the different prisoners, who are indicted to stand their trials before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, to be opened at Glasgow on the 18th of the present month of April, 1822, likewise those to be tried at Stirling Mu1-x.11/19 Indictments of Glasgow, Paisley, Stirling and Aberdeen. A list of the names and crimes of all the different prisoners, who are indicted to stand their trials before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, to be opened at Glasgow on the 18th of the present month of April, 1822, likewise those to be tried at Paisley & Stirling Mu1-x.11/126 Indictments. The following persons have been indicted to stand trial before the Circuit Court at Glasgow, which is to be opened on Tuesday the 28th September, 1819 Mu1-x.11/254
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