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A Brief Account of the TRIAL
of Capt. JOHN PORTEOUS.
ON Thursday the 17th day of June 1736, JOHN PORTEOUS late Captain Lieutenant of the City Guard of Edinburgh, received a Copy of his Indictment, in which he is charged with the Murdering, or being Art and Part of the Murder of the following Persons, viz. Charles Husband Servant to Paul Husband Confectioner in the Abbay of Holy-rood house, Archibald Balantyne Son to John Balantyne younger Dyster in Dalkeith, John Anderson Son to George Anderson in Craighead Drover, Alexander M'Neal Son to Edward M'Neal Indweller in Mortonhall, Margaret Gordon Servant to William Ogilvy Taylor, Henry Graham Taylor in Canongate; and for grievously maiming and wounding the following Persons, to the great Danger of their Lives, viz. Margaret Arthur Resident in the Canongate, Jean Peat Servant to James M'Doual Merchant in Edinburgh, David Wallace Journeyman Wright in Edinburgh, James Philip Servant toLawder, Esq; Residenter in the Canongate, David Kidd Taylor in Edinburgh, Patrick Spalding Apprentice to David Mitchel Jeweller in Edinburgh, James Lyle and Alexander Wallace both Servants to James Wright Staymaker in Edinburgh, JohnMiller
