A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A. D. 1536, to 1784 /

A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A. D. 1536, to 1784 /

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Main Author:	Arnot, Hugo, 1749-1786 (Author)
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Printed for the author by William Smellie, 1785.
Series:	Scottish legal history. World trials library. Religion and the law.
Subjects:	Trials > Scotland > Early works to 1800. Trials (Treason) > Scotland > Early works to 1800. Trials (Murder) > Scotland > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
Online Access:	HeinOnline Religion and the Law
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