“ The devil has never been seen in Scotland since.
For Adultery.
John Gutherie, was Executed at the Cross of Edinburgh, in 1617.
Patrick Robertson and Marion Kempt, were sentenced to be executed on a gibbet at the Castle hill, in 1627.
John Murdoch and Janet Douglas, both married persons, were tried in 1690. The libel was restricted, and they were banished for life.
The last person that was tried in Scotland for adultery, was the Rev. Mr. Nisbet of the Established Church of Scotland. He was a minister in Invernesshire, and was tried in 1762, and sentenced to be banished beyond seas. ”

“ THE following authentic List of Criminals who have been Executed at Glasgow, are taken from Cleland's Annals of Glasgow, and other official records. The particulars of the other Criminals are extracted from Arnot’s Criminal Trials, and must prove highly interesting to every intelligent Reader. ”