Poser 322 - High Court Book of Adjournal, 1819
In this poser, taken from a book of adjournal, 1819 (Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland, JC13/47, page 59), we asked you whether you could you spot the four relics of early-modern handwriting within the document.
Answer: The four relics of early-modern handwriting within the document are:
1. A double s represented by long s and short s (lines 3 & 18)
2. Representation of a capital F by using two fs (as in the word Find, line 17),
3. Capital letters such as C, G and R being used in the middle of sentences, for example in Crime (line 5), Guilty (line 4) and Restrict (line 10)
4. The ascender on a terminal d being drawn towards the left, for example in answered (line 4) and said (line 15)
Transcription
At this stage of the trial the pannel at
the suggestion of his Counsel was again
asked if he was Guilty or not when
he now answered that he was Guilty
of the Crime charged in the Libel
And authorised his procurator to sign
this confession for him.
Alex[ander] Earle Monteith
I Mr H Home Drummond his Majestys
Advocate Depute do hereby Restrict
the pains of Law libelled to an ar-
bitrary punishment.
H. Home Drummond A[dvocate] D[epute]
There was no farther evidence adduced
The Jury by the mouth of the said Ralph
Anthony Ironside their Chancellor
Find the pannel Guilty in terms of
his own confession.
This poser was contributed by 'Fodiator', a researcher from Fife
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