Country code |
GB |
Repository code |
234 |
Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
Reference |
AD14/12/101 |
Title |
Precognition against John Grotto, George Napier, Neil Sutherland, Alexander MacDonald, Robert Gunn, John Skelton, Hugh MacDonald, Hugh McIntosh, Hugh Montgomery, Peter MacGregor, Charles Oliver, George Brown, Barney O'Kain, William Calderhead, Thomas Blair, William Oliver, Mungo Oliver, William Swan, John Michie, John Darling, James Bradley, John Thomson, Walter Alexander, Mathew Cairns, William Train, George Rennie, Archibald Geddes, Hugh Thomson, James Stewart, John Gilchrist, James Burgess, William Veitch, George Allison, William Anderson, Samuel Sutherland, William Hunter, Charles Brown, James Ross, Thomas MacIntyre, John MacChesney, John McDonald, William Grant, James Stewart, James Cocrner, Angus MacDonald, Peter Fisher, Robert Breakenrigg, Kenneth MacKenzie, John Grant (as witness), Robert Clarke, John Ross, Alexander Thomson, William McAndlish, Edward Brown, John Swan, James Mitchell, Daniel Laskie, Josiah Welsh, James Black, Richard Gracie, John Tasker, William Hedley, Thomas McFarlane, William Sutherland, Margaret White, John Lauder, John White, James Johnston, John Kidd for the crime of murder and robbery |
Dates |
1812 |
Access status |
Open |
Location |
On site |
Level |
File |
Finding aids |
19th Century Solemn Database |
Publication note |
Execution referred to in Alex F Young 'The Encyclopaedia of Scottish Executions, 1750-1963', (1998), pp.72-73. |
Accused |
John Grotto, soldier, 94th Regiment of Foot, formerly servant, Mr Steele, painter, Leith Walk George Napier, tanner, Address: South back of Canongate Neil Sutherland, unemployed, formerly apprentice painter, Address: Edinburgh Alexander MacDonald, alias White, stepson of John White, Address: Keirs Close, Canongate, Edinburgh Robert Gunn, son of John Gunn, gardener, formerly apprentice shoemaker and painter, Address: Milton Dykes, Edinburgh John Skelton, gun smith, Address: Edinburgh Hugh MacDonald, shoemaker, Address: Cowgate, Edinburgh Hugh McIntosh, shoemaker, Address: Prisoner in Edinburgh Hugh Montgomery, apprentice, Robert Paton, Address: Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh Peter MacGregor, plasterer, Mr Gilchrist, Address: Edinburgh Charles Oliver, hairdresser, Address: Edinburgh George Brown, son of William Brown, apprentice carver and gilder, Address: Mary Wynd Barney O'Kain, labourer, Address: West Port, Edinburgh, Origin: Native of County Londonderry, Ireland William Calderhead, son of Andrew Calderhead, Town Guard soldier Thomas Blair, gardener, Address: Warriston William Oliver, son of David Oliver, hairdresser, Address: Grassmarket, Edinburgh Mungo Oliver, apprentice, father David Oliver, Address: Grassmarket, Edinburgh William Swan, worker with Mr Chalmer, carver and gilder, Address: College Wynd, Cowgate, Edinburgh John Michie, brushmaker, Address: Edinburgh John Darling, brushmaker, Address: Edinburgh James Bradley, labourer, Address: West Port, Edinburgh, Origin: Native of County Donegal, Ireland John Thomson, lapidary with Mr Sanderson, Address: Blair Street, Edinburgh Walter Alexander, apprentice shoemaker, Address: Calton, Head of the, Edinburgh Mathew Cairns, sailor, Address: Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Origin: Born in County Monaghan, Ireland William Train, apprentice saddler, Mr Black, Address: Grassmarket, Edinburgh George Rennie, soldier, 94th Regiment of Foot, formerly labourer, porter cellar, Canongate, Address: Cowgate, [Edinburgh?], as lodger Archibald Geddes, wright, Address: Canongate, [Edinburgh or Jedburgh?] Hugh Thomson, son of John Thomson, Address: Covenant Close, High Street Edinburgh James Stewart, painter, Address: College Wynd, Cowgate, Edinburgh John Gilchrist, apprentice poulterer, Mr Young, Address: Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh James Burgess, Address: Bristo Street, Edinburgh William Veitch, apprentice coachmaker, Address: Abbeyhill, Edinburgh George Allison, shoemaker, Address: Edinburgh, Origin: Native of Whitby, England William Anderson, son of John Anderson, messenger, Address: Edinburgh Samuel Sutherland, soldier, 72nd Regiment of Foot William Hunter, labourer, Canonmills Distillery, formerly gentleman's servant, Address: Leith Wynd Charles Brown, Address: Edinburgh James Ross, apprentice whipmaker, CT Brown, Address: Edinburgh Thomas MacIntyre, soldier, 94th Regiment of Foot John MacChesney, private, 94th Regiment of Foot John McDonald, soldier, 94th Regiment of Foot William Grant, painter, Address: Kinlochs Close James Stewart, painter, Address: College Wynd, Edinburgh James Cocrner, son of John Corner, unemployed, formerly painter Angus MacDonald, baker, Address: Edinburgh Peter Fisher, apprentice brassfounder, Mr Milne Robert Breakenrigg, wright Kenneth MacKenzie, apprentice, Thomas Donaldson, Address: Lowe Terrace Witness: John Grant, unemployed, formerly apprentice tailor, Address: Leith Robert Clarke, son of William Clarke, Address: Edinburgh John Ross, son of Sergeant Ross, City Guard Alexander Thomson, glass grinder, Mr Mackie, Address: Back of Fountain Well William McAndlish, apprentice lather, Jones Thomson, Address: Canal Street Edward Brown, unemployed, formerly gentleman's servant, Address: Society near Hopwtown House John Swan, apprentice shoemaker, Daniel Coghil, Address: Edinburgh James Mitchell, shoemaker, Address: West Bow Daniel Laskie, plasterer, Address: Turks Close, Lawnmarket Josiah Welsh, journeyman baker, Mr Littlejohn, Address: The Terrace James Black, sailor Richard Gracie, son of James Gracie, Address: Fountainbridge, Edinburgh John Tasker, soldier, 72nd Regiment of Foot, formerly jeweller's assistant William Hedley, painter, Sanderson and Smith Thomas McFarlane, apprentice flesher, Andrew Wilson, Address: Edinburgh William Sutherland, plasterer, Mr Hunter, James Street, Address: Fishmarket Close, Edinburgh Margaret White, alias MacDonald, wife of John White, m.s. Reid, Address: Weir's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh John Lauder, wright, Address: Esplin's Close, Grassmarket, Edinburgh John White, baker, Address: Weir's Close Canongate, Edinburgh James Johnston John Kidd, soldier, 22nd Regiment
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John Buchan Brodie Peter Bruce Humphrey Cochrane Nicol Allan Dugald Campbell
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