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A mob broke into the Tolbooth jail and removed Captain Porteous, reprieved for the killing of Edinburgh citizens during a riot on April, 14. He was then hanged from a dyers pole.

On September 07, 1736 in Celtic History

A mob broke into the tolbooth jail and removed captain porteous, reprieved for the killing of edinburgh citizens during a riot on april, 14. he was then hanged from a dyers pole.

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