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Berwickshire / Robert SCOTT hanged 1823
« on: Friday 01 June 12 13:57 BST (UK) »
Hi,
It seems I may have underestimated the use of forums for genealogy research... Yes I must be naive!
Anyways, I'm hoping to locate detailed court transcripts/minutes of the trial and sentencing for Robert Scott.
Link below for details.
http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15358/transcript/1
I've read a few different accounts written by journalists at the time and was hoping to get more details on this.
NAS has the following;
AD14/23/148 – Precognition against Robert Scott for the crime of murder at Fans farm, Earlston to Greenlaw road.
JC12/35 p.90r – Minute book for cases held in Ayr Sheriff Court.
Which I would love to get a hold of, but the cost to get copies of these is expensive when we wouldn't know exactly what we are getting.
Also, I think I came across something somewhere (vague) that there were letters written (and kept) between Robert and his wife Jessie before his death.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Justin
It seems I may have underestimated the use of forums for genealogy research... Yes I must be naive!
Anyways, I'm hoping to locate detailed court transcripts/minutes of the trial and sentencing for Robert Scott.
Link below for details.
http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15358/transcript/1
I've read a few different accounts written by journalists at the time and was hoping to get more details on this.
NAS has the following;
AD14/23/148 – Precognition against Robert Scott for the crime of murder at Fans farm, Earlston to Greenlaw road.
JC12/35 p.90r – Minute book for cases held in Ayr Sheriff Court.
Which I would love to get a hold of, but the cost to get copies of these is expensive when we wouldn't know exactly what we are getting.
Also, I think I came across something somewhere (vague) that there were letters written (and kept) between Robert and his wife Jessie before his death.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Justin