Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History (www.oldscottish.com) has published an index to Crown Office Criminal Cases from 1890-1899, as sourced from the National Records of Scotland AD8 collection. The release contains over 21,000 entries, with more entries promised soon.
The index includes the following:
- Name of accused
- Date when first committed to prison
- Place where Accused committed, and by what Magistrate
- Crime
- Date of forwarding precognition to Crown Agent
- Crown Counsel to whom transmitted
- Indicted or how disposed of
- Date of trial
- Plea
- Verdict
- Sentence
For further details visit https://www.oldscottish.com/crown-office-cases-ad8.html
(With thanks to Fergus Smith @oldscotbooks via Twitter)
Chris
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