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An Account of the Trial of William Brodie and George Smith...

William Creech

1788, William Creech, Edinburgh

In possibly the longest book title in the English language, William Creech’s An Account of the Trial of William Brodie, and George Smith, before the High Court of Justiciary, on Wednesday the 27th, and Thursday the 28th Days of August, 1788; for Breaking into, and Robbing, the General Excise Office of Scotland, on the 5th Day of March Last. To Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing Several Curious Papers Relative to the Trial by a Juryman is a first-hand account of Deacon Brodie’s trial. This text also has the distinction of being the first complete account of Brodie’s trial having hit Edinburgh’s streets a few days after the conclusion of the trial.

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