TRIAL OF SIMON, LORD LOVAT OF THE '45

Hardback. Notable English Trials Series. Red cloth/gilt lettering. Illus., Appendices. 314pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Teg, small name insc., browned and foxed edges and eps, fr. hinge just beginning to show. sl. faded sp., gilt lettering dull. This trial was also published as a Notable Scottish Trial (green cloth/gilt lettering). The editors decided to include this volume in their list of Notable English Trials, despite criticism, as the trial took place in Westminster Hall, and the procedure adopted was purely English in origin. The Lord Chancellor presided, the Managers who conducted the prosecution were led by the English law officers of the Crown. The prisoner was impeached by the Commons and tried by the Lords. Nr. Vg. Scarce.