Scottish Indexes (www.scottishindexes) has added 22.391 indexed entries from the Crown Counsel Procedure Books to its Scotland's Criminal Database. The indexes added cover the period from 28 November 1863 to 21 September 1871, with more to be added soon.
Emma Maxwell from Scottish Indexes has blogged an introduction to the new records at www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-records-added-scotlands-criminal-database-emma-maxwell/, including a short introductory video explaining how the indexes can be used to determine in which court a case may have been heard, which can be used to them locate the relevant records in the National Records of Scotland.
The following is the result of a quick look-up to see if I could find the entry for James Crichton, who was tried in Perth in 1867 for the murder of my three times great grandmother Janet Rogers (nee Henderson), in a case found to be not-proven:
For coverage on what else in included in the Scotland's Criminal Database, visit www.scottishindexes.com/coveragescd.aspx.
(With thanks to ScottishIndexes via Twitter)
Chris
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