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Justice on the hoof

On the Trail of a Broken Shoe: the true story of the last man hanged in Scotland for horse-stealing

John Nelson Crossmichael Heritage Group, (2022) pp.190 Paperback, £12 ISBN: 9781838329792

This book is essentially a ‘self-published’ title, but it is unlike the (often) average self-published personal history book. This story is very odd, most peculiar, diligently researched and

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