A Report of the Trial of Gillespie and Edwards, for Forgery. By a member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. Together with the Life and Dying Declaration of Malcolm Gillespie, written by himself.

GILLESPIE, Malcolm, & EDWARDS, George Skene.

Published by Aberdeen: Wm. Robertson. 1827, 1827

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Front. port. xiv, (108)pp. Half calf, excellently rebacked, red label. Gillespie was an Exciseman renowned for his seizures of contraband from smugglers; Skene was his 'confidential servant and clerk'. Gillespie was found guilty of forging bills from his home, Crombie Cottage, which was set on fire, presumably to destroy evidence.

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A Report of the Trial of Gillespie and Edwards, for Forgery. By a member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. Together with the Life and Dying Declaration of Malcolm Gillespie, written by himself.
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GILLESPIE, Malcolm, & EDWARDS, George Skene.
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Aberdeen: Wm. Robertson. 1827
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1827
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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.…

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