An Account of the Trial of William Brodie and George Smith, Before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 27th and 28th Days of August, 1788: For Breaking Into and Robbing the General Excise Office of Scotland, on the 5th Day of March Last : Illustrated with Notes and Anecdotes and the Portraits of Brodie and Smith : to which is Added an Appendix, Containing Several Curious Papers Relative to the Trial and the Persons Triedauthor; and sold in London by T. Cadell, 1788 - 288 páginas |
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