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Criminal Trials in Scotland - 1536
to 1784:
Please
choose a Trial section opposite, or a name below:-
NAME
INDEX:
|
A:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS of
TRIAL: |
|
AIKENHEAD, Thomas |
Tried for blasphemy |
| ANDERSON,
John |
George Clerk and John
Ramsay tried for his murder |
| ARMSTRONG,
John |
Tried for the murder of Sir
John Carmichael |
| AUCHMOUTY,
Charles |
Tried for having committed
treason, by engraving a political print |
| B:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS of
TRIAL: |
| BALLENTINE,
? |
Claims to be tried by Jury |
|
BLAIR,
Alexander |
Tried for Incest |
| BORTHWICK,
Francis |
Tried for blasphemy |
| BOTHWELL,
Francis, Earl of |
Attempts to seize the King |
| BOTHWELL,
Francis, Earl of |
Present at the murder of
Darnley |
| C:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS of
TRIAL: |
| CAMPBELL,
of Glenure |
James Stewart tried for his
murder |
| CARKEITIL,
John |
Murders one of the Lords of
Session |
| CARMICHAEL,
Robert, Schoolmaster, |
tried for the
murder of one of his Scholars |
|
CARMICHAEL,
Sir. John, of that Ilk |
John Armstrong tried for
his murder |
| CARNEGIE, James,
of Finhaven |
Tried for the murdre of the
Earl of Strathmore |
| CHISLIE, John,
of Dalry |
Tried for the murder of
Lord President Lockhart |
| CLERK,
George and John Ramsay |
Tried for the murder of
John Anderson |
| CLERGYMEN; |
(see Non-juring, Papist,
Presbyterian, Religion) |
| CONNOCHAR,
John |
Tried for celebrating
clandestine marriage |
| CORNWALL,
Archibald |
Tried for attempting to
hang up the King's picture on the gallows; |
| CRIEHTON,
Mr. Andrew |
Trial of, for declining the
authority of the King, and the Privy Council; |
| D:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| DARNLEY, |
Trial of
Douglass for the murder of; and of the Earl of Morton for the same; |
| DICKSON,
John |
Tried for
Parricide; |
| DOUGLASS,
Archibald, Parson of Glasgow |
Tried for the
treasonable murder of Henry King of Scots; |
|
DOUGLASS,
Janet |
Tried for adultery |
| DOUGLASS,
James |
Andrew
Rutherford tried for his murder; |
| DOW,
? |
Tried for
stealing wine, ale, &c. |
| DRUMMOND,
Robert, |
Tried for a
defamatory libel; |
| DRYSDALE,
William |
Tried for
incest. |
| DUNDAS,
Robert, of Arniston |
Saves Carnegie
of Finhaven and Mr. Henderson; |
| E:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| ERSKINE,
Sir Thomas, and Sir John Ramsay |
Relieve King James at St.
Johnston |
| F:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| FALCONER, John |
Tried for using false keys. |
| FALCONER, Patrick |
George Cumming tried for
his murder. |
| FLEMING, John |
Tried for slanderous
speeches against the King. |
| FLIGHT, Alexander |
Tried for insulting the
Provost of Cupar. |
| FORBESS, The Master
of, |
Tried for high treason. |
| FORGERY, |
Trials for, |
|
FORNICATION, |
Trials for, |
| FRASER, Captain
Simon, (Lord Lovat) |
Tried for high treason,
rape &c. |
| FRASER,
Charles, Lord, |
Tried for high treason. |
| FRASER, John |
Tried for adultery. |
| G:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| GARDENS,
Breaking of, |
Crime of Breaking of
Gardens |
| GILLESPIE, John, |
and others, tried for murder of Major Menzies |
| GOWRY, |
Genealogical anecdotes of the family. |
| GOWRY, John, Earl of, |
tried for conspiring to murder the King. |
| GOWRY, William, Earl of, |
seizes King James |
| GRAHAM, John, a Lord of Session |
murdered by Sir James Sandilands |
| GRAY, James, |
tried for murder of Archibald Murray |
| GREEN, Captain Thomas, |
and his crew, tried for Piracy |
| GUTHRIE, John, |
tried for adultery |
| H:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| HAITLY,
Margaret |
tried for Adultery |
| HENDERSON, Mr. George, |
merchant's trial for forgery |
| HOME, of Spott, |
tried & acquitted of murder of Darnley |
| K:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| KER, Sir James, |
tried for celebrating clandestine marriage |
| M:
NAME: |
SHORT
DETAILS of TRIAL: |
| MacDONALD, Archibald, of Barisdale |
tried as attainted of high treason |
| MacGREGOR,
Alister, Laird of, |
tried for slaughtering the Laird of Luss's friends |
| MacGREGOR, Malcolm, |
tried for murder of John Stewart |
| MacGREGOR, Patrick Roy, |
tried for murder & other crimes |
| MASS, |
trials for saying, |
| McIVER and McALLUM, |
tried for fraudulent destroying of ships |
| McLEOD, Mrs, |
tried for forgery |
| MISCELLANEOUS, |
trials for, |
| MOWBRAY, David |
tried for tumult within burgh |
| MURDER, |
trials for, |
| MURDOCH, John, |
tried for adultery |
| N:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| NIVEN, John, |
tried for leasing-making against Duke of Albany & York |
| R:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| RAIT, John, & Alexander
Dean, |
tried for Breaking Gardens |
| RAMSAY, John, and George Clerk, |
tried for murder of John Anderson |
| RELIGION, |
crimes against, |
| ROBERTSON, Patrick, |
tried for adultery |
| RUTHERFOORD, Andrew, |
tried for murder of James Douglas |
| S:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| SKENE, James, |
tried for treason |
| STEWART, James, |
tried for murder of Campbell of Glenure |
| STEWART, Mr. John, |
tried for leasing-making against Earl of Argyle |
| STOREY, James, |
tried for murder of William Stewart |
| STRATHMORE, Earl of, |
James Carnegie of Finhaven tried for his murder |
| T:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| THOMSON, Mr John, |
tried for treason by engraving a political print |
| TREASON, |
trials for, |
| TUMULT, within Burgh |
trials for, |
| W:
NAME: |
SHORT DETAILS
of TRIAL: |
| WALLACE, Mr John, |
tried for saying mass |
| WILSON, James, |
tried for incest |
| WITCHCRAFT, |
trials for, |
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