[The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang]@TWC D-Link bookThe Book of Dreams and Ghosts CHAPTER XIV 38/66
A Mr.Coulton (not Croker as erroneously stated) published in the Quarterly Review, No.
179, an article to prove that Lyttelton committed suicide, and was Junius.
See also the author's Life of Lockhart. {140} A prominent name among the witnesses at the trial. {141} The report of the trial in the Scots Magazine of June, 1754 (magazines appeared at the end of the month), adds nothing of interest.
The trial lasted from 7 a.m.of June 11 till 6 a.m.of June 14.
The jury deliberated for two hours before arriving at a verdict. {142} Sydney, no date. {144} Phantasms, ii., 586, quoting (apparently) the Buckingham Gazette of the period. {145a} Oddly enough a Mr.William Soutar, of Blairgowrie, tells a ghost story of his own to the S.P.R.! {145b} I put them for convenience at the foot .-- W.
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