Volume of minutes of on the "Ramshorn Resurrectionist Case"
Scope and Contents
Volume on the "Ramshorn Resurrectionist Case", 1814. Minutes of evidence in the trail of Granville Sharp Pattison, lecturer in anatomy, Andrew Russell, lecturer in surgery, and Robert Munro and John McLean, students, all of Glasgow University, on a charge of violating the grave of Mrs. McAlister (sometimes spelt McAllister) in Ramshorn Churchyard, Glasgow 6-7 June 1814. With relevant press-cuttings.
Dates
- Creation: 1814
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Previous reference
Dk.1.27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: E.60/18 (mistakenly recorded as Dk.1.47); D.18061
Accessioned in 1960.
Presented by J. Menzies Campbell. A letter is included in the volume, dated 5th April 1978, from Regius Professor of Law David M. Walker, referring to the case. Includes a business card for Dr. J. Menzies Campbell (Glasgow), with an inked inscription stating that the volume was given to the University with the compliments of Dr. Campbell.
Physical Description
Brown, leatherbound. Shelfmark inked on bottom left of the front cover. Title on front cover: "Ramshorn 'Resurrectionist' Case. 1814." 2^o. 8ff.
Subject
- Pattison, Granville Sharp, 1791-1851 (Professor of Anatomy) (Person)
- Russell, Andrew, fl 1814 (Lecturer in surgery, University of Glasgow) (Person)
- Munro, Robert, fl 1814 (student) (Person)
- McLean, John, fl 1814 (student) (Person)
- McAlister, Janet, d 1813 (Buried in Ramshorn Cemetery, Glasgow) (Person)
Source
- Title
- Ramshorn Resurrectionist Case, 1814
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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