This poser is the first of a series of three and is taken from the court books of the High Court of Justiciary – the highest criminal court in Scotland (Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland, JC1/13). It relates to a famous murder trial which took place in 1566.
The hand is fairly regular. Watch out for abbreviations and phonetic spelling. We have added a glossary to help with unfamiliar words.
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Questions: who were the accused and what weapons did they have?
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