The Trial of William Brodie Wright and Cabinet Maker in Edinburgh, and of George Smith Grocer There, Before the High Court of Justiciary, Held at Edinburgh on Wednesday the 27Th, and Thursday the 28Th, August 1788; For Breaking Into the General...

Full Title: "The Trial of William Brodie Wright and Cabinet Maker in Edinburgh, and of George Smith Grocer There, Before The High Court of Justiciary, Held at Edinburgh on Wednesday the 27th, and Thursday the 28th, August 1788; for Breaking into The General Excise-Off"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++EdinburghCourt RecordYale Law LibraryEdinburgh: Printed for Charles Elliot, Parliament-Square; and Sold by C. Elliot and T. Kay, No. 132, Strand, London; and All Booksellers in Town and Country. 1788