VI. Excerpts from the Guild Registers of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 245 VII. Excerpts from the Records of the Edinburgh Town Council, 246 VIII. Advertisements relating to certain of the Robberies committed by Deacon Brodie, 251 IX. Narrative of the Facts respecting the Robbery of Bruces’ shop, 257 X. State of the Process at the instance of John Hamilton, 262 XI. An Account of Mr. Brodie’s being seized at Amsterdam, 264 XII. The Journal of Mr. Groves, 265 XIII. Copies of Two Autograph Letters of Deacon Brodie, 268 XIV. Speech which George Smith intended to have made at his Trial, 270 XV. An Account of the Execution of the Prisoners, 272 XVI. The Old Excise Office, 277 XVII. An Account of the Proceedings against John Brown, _alias_ Humphry Moore, at the Old Bailey, in April, 1784, 278 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. The first meeting of Deacon Brodie and George Smith, _Frontispiece_ Foot of Brodie’s Close, Cowgate, _facing page_ 12 Cock-fighting Match between the Counties of Lanark and Haddington in 1785, 15 Head of Brodie’s Close, Lawnmarket, 25 The Old Excise Office, Chessel’s Court, Canongate, 31 Deacon Brodie’s Dark Lanthorn and False Keys, 43 George Williamson, King’s Messenger for Scotland, 50 George Smith at the Bar, 55 The Old Tolbooth of Edinburgh, 62 Deacon Brodie, 66 The Solicitor-General (Robert Dundas), 81 Lord Hailes, 105 Lord Eskgrove, 113 Lord Stonefield, 130 Charles Hay (afterwards Lord Newton), 160 The Lord Advocate (Ilay Campbell), 165 John Clerk (afterwards Lord Eldin), 174 The Dean of Faculty (Hon. Henry Erskine), 181 The Lord Justice-Clerk (Lord Braxfield), 197 Facsimile of first page of MS. Register in the Brodie Family Bible, 238 Facsimile of Deacon Brodie’s Letter to the Duchess of Buccleuch, 269 DEACON BRODIE. INTRODUCTION.