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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Satirical broadside on silk entitled "Fr_E TR_N Theatre, H_LMH_D Street", 1849

 Item — Box CLX-A-1702
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0012
Scope and Contents

Satirical broadside printed on silk advertising the trial of the Rev. James Macbeth as though it were a popular play. Macbeth, preacher in the Norfolk Street Free Church in Laurieston, Glasgow, was accused by several women of indecent treatment, though eventually, after the case was appealed all the way to the General Assembly, found not guilty by the Free Church.

Dates: 1849
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Volume of minutes of on the "Ramshorn Resurrectionist Case"

 Fonds — Volume Dk.1.27
Identifier: Coll-2133
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: 1814
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections