High Court of Justiciary

The Kirk Sessions kept records of who was disciplined and for what.

The High Court of Justiciary kept records of trials, and the trials in this story were mostly serious enough to reach it.

Against that, there is almost nothing written by the people the records are about.

A weaver's daughter in a garret in 1640 left no diary.

Prison inspectors' allowances, including travelling charges, £1,200.

Justiciary Court and Crown Agent for Stationery, Printing, etc., 1,009 pounds.

Total, 150,045 pounds.

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, EXPENSES ARE INCURRED IN THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIME, THE AMOUNT OF WHICH WE CANNOT SPECIFY, BUT WHICH MUST NECESSARILY BE VERY GREAT, SUCH AS EXPENSIVE COURT OF JUSTICIARY, INCLUDING JUDGES' SALARIES, TRAVELING EXPENSES ON COURTS, MACERS, ETC., SALARIES OF THE LORD ADVOCATE, SOLICITOR GENERAL, AND DEPUTY ADVOCATES, CROWN AGENT'S SALARY, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE, ETC., The following should also be included in the charges for the punishment of crime in Scotland.

Prison inspectors' allowances, including travelling charges, £1,200.

Justiciary Court and Crown Agent for Stationery, Printing, etc., 1,009 pounds.

Total, 150,045 pounds.

In addition to the above, expenses are incurred in the punishment of crime, the amount of which we cannot specify, but which must necessarily be very great, such as expensive court of justiciary, including judges' salaries, traveling expenses on courts, masers, etc., salaries of the Lord Advocate, Solicitor General, and Deputy Advocates, Crown Agent's salary, including assistance, etc., The following should also be included in the charges for the punishment of crime in Scotland.