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Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs | 562
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
1) [Brebner, John: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for John Brebner late merchant in Halifax, now residing in Aberdeen, defender and pursuer, against William Sibbald, merchant in Leith, pursuer and defender. [Edinburgh: 1785.] 4to; 33(1); 16 pp.; dated at the top: July 12, 1785. Lord Hailes, reporter. Unrecorded
2) ) [Stein, James: indictment.] [Caption title:] George &c. Forasmuchas it is humbly meaned and complained upon us, by our right trusty Ilay Campbell, Esq; our advocate for our interest, upon James Stein distiller at Kilbagie, in the county of Clackmannan, that whereas, by the laws of this realm, bribery and corruption, especially when practiced by a distiller . . . [Edinburgh: 1785.] 4to; 8 pp. Unrecorded
3) [Campbell, Ilay: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for Ilay Campbell, Esq; His Majesty's Advocate of Scotland, against James Stein distiller in Kilbagie. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; 16; 15 pp., dated at the top: September 23, 1786. Unrecorded
4) [Stein, James: deposition.] Information for James Stein, distiller at Kilbeggie; against Ilay Campbell, Esq; his Majesty's Advocate of Scotland. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; (2), 33 pp. Dated at the top of p. 1, October 31, 1786. [Not in the ESTC or Copac. WorldCat lists a copy at the British Library]
5) [Drummond, Robert, Henry, George, and Andrew-Berkley: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for Robert, Henry, George, and Andrew-Berkley Drummond, bankers in London, defenders; against Sir William Erskine, and others, creditors of Hugh and Archibald Seton, pursuers. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 29 pp., dated at the top, April 20, 1787. Unrecorded
6) [Erskine, Sir William, of Torry, and others: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for Sir William Erskine of Torry, and for other creditors of Hugh Seton of Touch, Esq; and of Archibald Seton, Esq; his eldest son, pursuers; against Hugh Powell, Esq; of Aldergate-street, and Robert, Henry, George, and Andrew-Berkley Drummond, Esqrs, of Charing-cross, London, bankers, defenders. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 39 pp., dated at the top, April 20, 1787. Unrecorded
7) [Erskine, Sir William: deposition.] Reports and exhibits in the process, Sir William Erskine, &c. against Robert, Henry, &c. Drummonds, Esqrs.. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; (2), 75 pp. Unrecorded
8) [Leslie, William: indictment.] [Caption title:] Criminal letters against the Reverend Mr. William Leslie. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; 8 pp., dated at the end, September 14, 1786.
9) [Leslie, William: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for the Rev. Mr. William Leslie, minister of the parish of St. Andrews and Longbride, pannel; against Alexander Penrose-Cumming of Altyre, Esq; with concourse of his Majesty's Advocate, prosecutor. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 28 pp., dated at the top of the first page, January 15, 1787.
The next deposition in this volume is imperfect
10) [Forbes, Sir William, James Hunter and Company.] [Caption title:] Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council, the petition of Sir William Forbes, James Hunter, and Company, bankers in Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1788.] 4to; 21 pp.; dated at the top of the first page, February 29, 1788, Forbes's own copy. Unrecorded
11) [Brierly, Joseph, and George-Stevens Sutherland.] [Caption title:] Memorial for Joseph Brierly and George-Stevens Sutherland, musicians, suspenders; against George Forbes, procurator-fiscal of the borough of Aberdeen, charger. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 12; 6 pp. , dated at the top of the first page: March 8, 1787. Unrecorded
12) [Fraser, Alexander.] Articles and conditions relative to the tacks of Alexander Fraser, Esq; of Strichen. [Aberdeen? 1781?] 4to, 14 pp., [ESTC: ABu. The same copy is listed in Copac and WorldCat]
13) [Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.] Copy of a letter from the Right Honourable Lord Sydney, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state, to His Grace the Duke of Richmond, bearing date the 8th April 1785. Folio; 19 pp. [With:] [Docket title:] Copy of an estimate of the expense of fortifying His Majesty's dock yards at Portsmouth and Plymouth. Folio; 6 pp. + a final leaf blank save for the docket title on the verso, [ESTC: 5 copies]
14) [College of Justice: Scotland.] [Caption title:] The case of the dean and Faculty of Advocates, clerks to his Majesty's Signet, and other members of the College of Justice, in Scotland. [Edinburgh: 1786.] First & only edition, folio; 4 pp., [not in the ESTC]
15) [Edinburgh.] [Caption title:] Case of the Lord Provost, magistrates, Council, burgesses, and inhabitants of the city of Edinburgh; and of the poor of the said city. [Edinburgh: 1786.] Folio; 12 pp., [not in the ESTC], 15 works in one volume, contemporary quarter calf, red morocco label "Miscellanies" gilt numbered "67" on spine