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Glasgow: Printed by John Graham and Co., 1827. A Unique Judicial Archive: Lord Alloway's Deeply Annotated Copy of the 1827 Glasgow Circuit Court Records Cathcart, David, Lord Alloway (1763-1829). List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Spring Circuit, May, 1827. Right Honourable Lord Gillies and Lord Alloway. A. Wood, Esq. Advocate Depute. [Glasgow]: Printed by John Graham and Co., [1827]. Quarto (10" x 8-1/4"; 25.4 x 21 cm). [788] pp. 77 consecutively compiled court documents totaling [788] pp. Various paginations; each case record is individually paginated and docketed in print on the versos. Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, featuring a small green binder's ticket on the front pastedown reading: "John Carss of Glasgow Bookbinders." Front board features a custom gilt-stamped morocco label reading: "The Right Hon. Lord Alloway." Spine with blind decoration, gilt fillets surrounding raised bands, and gilt title "Glasgow Spring Circuit 1827." Light rubbing to boards with minor scuffs, nicks, and scratches; moderate rubbing to extremities and bumped corners. Structurally sound. A definitive, signed example of the work of Glasgow's premier binder of the era, custom-bound for the judge's personal reference library. Interior shows light toning and occasional moderate foxing. Two slight horizontal fold lines are present on most leaves (indicative of original delivery style before binding), along with a few folded corners and minor local soiling. A single internal crack to the text block before the final leaf, though the binding remains firm. A handsome, well-preserved volume. $1,500. A unique, comprehensively annotated association copy documenting the inner workings of nineteenth-century Scottish criminal justice. Compiled directly over the course of the session, this volume begins with the printed master list of 77 cases on the docket for the Glasgow Circuit Court of Justiciary in May 1827. It is followed by the individual printed records for 72 of those cases (typically 5-8 pages each), providing a summary of the indictment alongside full lists of witnesses and jury pools. The fact that these documents were printed individually and docketed on the verso reveals a sophisticated system of rapid legal printing designed to serve as functional bench briefs before oral arguments took place. The master list and many individual case records are annotat. Glasgow: Printed by John Graham and Co., 1827 (illustratore).…