W1/5626

Statement: Ross & Cromarty militia fired on the populace of Aberdeen without a magistrate's order, killing four people and wounding others. Ensign Lanigan, Captain Macdonagh & Sergeants Mackay and Sutherland were committed to trial for murder. The Lord Advocate had the case transferred to Edinburgh, & the prisoners were released in transit, & he refused to proceed. The relatives did so, & all were acquitted except Lanigan who was a fugitive. They should not have been acquitted.

Not dated, 1804

From: 1804 To: 1804

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Hope, Charles,
Lanigan,
Macdonagh,
Mackay,
Sutherland

Scotland, Aberdeen, Ross and Cromarty, militia, murder, Lord Advocate