The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 77Archibald Constable and Company, 1815 - English literature |
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... GEORGE CHARLES , for Sheep - stealing . HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY . MONDAY , the 12th of Dec. 1814 , came on the trial of John Pater- son , drover or dealer in sheep and cattle in Burnhead , in the parish of Eddleston , county of Peebles ...
... GEORGE CHARLES , for Sheep - stealing . HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY . MONDAY , the 12th of Dec. 1814 , came on the trial of John Pater- son , drover or dealer in sheep and cattle in Burnhead , in the parish of Eddleston , county of Peebles ...
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... George Murray , shepherd at Falahill : That he afterwards saw Murray , who told him that some sheep had been seen driving on the 22d : That they went forward to Ford , but got no information from the landlady there , but a stocking ...
... George Murray , shepherd at Falahill : That he afterwards saw Murray , who told him that some sheep had been seen driving on the 22d : That they went forward to Ford , but got no information from the landlady there , but a stocking ...
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... George Kedzlie , flesher in Mus- selburgh , on the 22d of August , a- bout thirty - two or thirty - five in num- ber , of which six were hog - skins , the rest lambs ; that part of them were afterwards seized by Turnbull , and two herds ...
... George Kedzlie , flesher in Mus- selburgh , on the 22d of August , a- bout thirty - two or thirty - five in num- ber , of which six were hog - skins , the rest lambs ; that part of them were afterwards seized by Turnbull , and two herds ...
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George Murray , shepherd at Fala- hill , said , he is a servant to Messrs Cowan and Hepburn , on that farm ; that Raeshaw is about three miles from Falahill , and Swarehouse is about the same distance ; that on the 21st and 22d August ...
George Murray , shepherd at Fala- hill , said , he is a servant to Messrs Cowan and Hepburn , on that farm ; that Raeshaw is about three miles from Falahill , and Swarehouse is about the same distance ; that on the 21st and 22d August ...
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... George Kedzlie , a former witness , said , that on the 12th of August , Lauchlan Wilkie and William Ross were present at a bargain - making for lambs in Smart's Wynd , between Newbigging and Musselburgh , be- tween witness and Charles ...
... George Kedzlie , a former witness , said , that on the 12th of August , Lauchlan Wilkie and William Ross were present at a bargain - making for lambs in Smart's Wynd , between Newbigging and Musselburgh , be- tween witness and Charles ...
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