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The trial of Maurice Margarot, delegate from London, to the British Convention, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, for sedition

Title
The trial of Maurice Margarot, delegate from London, to the British Convention, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, for sedition / Taken in shorthand by Mr. Ramsey ...
Author
Margarot, Maurice, -1816.
Publication
Edinburgh : Printed for James Robertson, no. 4, Horse Wynd, and sold in London : by D. I. Eaton, no. 74, Newgate street, J. Jordan, no. 166, Fleet street, W. Ramsey, no. 37, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, and J. Marsom, no. 187, High Holborn, [1794]

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Additional Authors
  • Ramsey, Mr. (William)
  • Robertson, James, active 1790-1815.
  • Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814.
  • Jordan, J. S. (Jeremiah Samuel)
  • Marsom.
  • Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy)
  • Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.
Description
195, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Margarot, Maurice, -1816 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Trials (Sedition) > Scotland > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Signatures: A-M⁸ N².
  • At head of title: "Robertson's edition."
  • "Carefully corrected, and many sentences added, which, owing to the low tone of voice used by some of the witnesses, are omitted in the London copy. The public may therefore by assured that this is the genuine edition."
  • Publisher's advertisements: p. [196].
  • Illustration: Engraved frontispiece, with a portrait of Margarot above an engraved text quotation from the trial; published by H.D. Symonds, Feb. 17, 1794.
  • Margarot, a prominent member of the London Corresponding Society, had been charged for sedition for his involvement in a 1793 Edinburgh meeting of political reformers. He was convicted and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation to Botany Bay.
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  • Restricted access;
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  • ESTC
Call Number
Pforz (Margarot, M.) (Trial. 1794)
LCCN
28012602
OCLC
17329215
Author
Margarot, Maurice, -1816. Defendant
Title
The trial of Maurice Margarot, delegate from London, to the British Convention, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, for sedition / Taken in shorthand by Mr. Ramsey ...
Imprint
Edinburgh : Printed for James Robertson, no. 4, Horse Wynd, and sold in London : by D. I. Eaton, no. 74, Newgate street, J. Jordan, no. 166, Fleet street, W. Ramsey, no. 37, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, and J. Marsom, no. 187, High Holborn, [1794]
Indexed In:
ESTC T122114
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Local Note
Pforzheimer copy: Bound in contemporary green half roan, lettered in gilt, with marbled boards.
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Added Author
Ramsey, Mr. (William) Reporter
Robertson, James, active 1790-1815. Publisher
Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814. Publisher
Jordan, J. S. (Jeremiah Samuel) Publisher
Ramsey, Mr. (William) Publisher
Marsom. Publisher
Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy) Publisher
Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.
Research Call Number
Pforz (Margarot, M.) (Trial. 1794)
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