THE STIRLING PEERAGE.

TRIAL

OF

ALEXANDER HUMPHRYS OR ALEXANDER,

STYLING HIMSELF EARL OF STIRLING,

BEFORE THE

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY,

FOR FORGERY,

ON 29TH APRIL, 1839, AND FOUR FOLLOWING DAYS.

STENOGRAPHED BY

MR SIMON MACGREGOR,

AND EDITED BY

WILLIAM TURNBULL, Esq. ADVOCATE, F.S.A. Scot.

WITH

AN INTRODUCTORY NOTICE OF THE EARLDOM OF STIRLING,

AND PROCEEDINGS OF MR HUMPHRYS RELATIVE

TO HIS PRETENDED CLAIM.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH;
AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

MDCCCXXXIX.

VII. Report, and Additional Productions in Reduction,

civ

VIII. Supplemental Report and Productions,

cix

IX. Proceedings at Elections of Scottish Peerss since 1825,

cxii

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