Gillespie v Russel - The Torbanehill Case - Reports of the Jury Trial of
1853 and the Motion for a New Trial.
Reproduced, with a very few corrections by R. N. Russell and published by
Atholl Press Edinburgh, now available from Amazon.co.uk for £15 (plus
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including postage within UK. Hardback, 402 pages, excluding introductions etc.
First published in 1862, under the title Report of the Jury Trial in the
Action of Declarator &c at the instance of Mr & Mrs Gillespie of
Torbanehill, against Messrs James Russel & Son, Coalmasters,
Falkirk. Author, J. Irvine Smith, Shorthand Writer.
A verbatim record of the testimonies of many scientists, mineral engineers,
miners and coalmasters, in one of the most famous cases in mining history,
to establish whether the Boghead or Torbanehill mineral was, or was not, coal.
“Now, my Lords, I must say, that in the course of my own experience I have
never seen a case got up in the preparation with more care and industry
than this one has been, and I have never seen a trial conducted with
greater temper and talent and patience than this was, or with less of
incidental mishap in the course of it. I have never known a case more
thoroughly tried; and I must say that I do not expect ever to see a case
more thoroughly tried than this case was. Such was my impression at the
time, and such is my opinion now.” (The Lord President, Court of Session,
Edinburgh, 1854)
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