Oct 29, 2020 · The 45-year-old vagrant from Fraserburgh went on the run after bludgeoning tollbooth keeper John Miller to death in his home at Blackhill ...
Oct 28, 2020 · A new purpose built execution shed was completed in 1965. Known as the Hanging Block, it was never used as the Murder (Abolition of Death ...
Aug 23, 2024 · Precognition against George Chalmers for the crime of murder at Blackhill Toll-Bar, Ardoch parish, Perthshire. Dates, 1870. Access status, Open.
... MURDERER SENTENCED. At Kent Assizes yesterday, William Betts (17), labourer, was sentenced to death for the murder of his father near Maidstone, on July 22, ...
Feb 24, 2022 · Vagrant George Chalmers was found guilty of the murder of the tollbooth keeper and was hanged on 4th October 1870 at Perth Prison. Chalmers ...
Aug 1, 2019 · Records of the High Court of Justiciary (NRS ref JC26) which has jurisdiction over serious crimes such as murder, rape and treason, hold a ...
Aug 23, 2024 · Precognition against George Chalmers for the crime of murder at Blackhill Toll-Bar, Ardoch parish, Perthshire, 1870, This record is Open ...
Chalmers is one of the most notorious of those featured as his crimes threw a nationwide spotlight on Braco. He was found guilty of bludgeoning tollbooth keeper ...
The Death Sentence was passed – the 2nd within 6 months. The accused in a Child Murder Case was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and in most of the ...
... THE BRACO MURDER. Tuesday—Tbs Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Cowan on the Bench. George Chalmers, now or lately prisoner in the prison of Dunblane, was placed ...