John Burnett (advocate)
John Burnett or John Burnet
Life
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He was the son of William Burnett of Monboddo, an advocate in Aberdeen, where he was born in 1763.
He was admitted advocate at
In 1791 he was elected a Fellow of the
He died on 7 December 1810, while his work on the Criminal Law of Scotland was passing through the press.[2] It was published in 1811. Though in certain respects imperfect and misleading, it is a work of great merit, the more especially that it is one of the earliest attempts to form a satisfactory collection of decisions in criminal cases.
His role as Judge Admiral was succeeded by William Boswell, advocate.[3]
Burnett was Counsel for the City of Aberdeen and was replaced by Andrew Skene upon his death.[4]
Family
He married Deborah Paterson in 1802.
Publications
- A Treatise on Various Branches of the Criminal Law in Scotland (co-written with Robert Craigie)[5]
References
- ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.)
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help - ^ The Popular Scotish Biography: Being Lives of Eminent Scotsmen. 1841. p. 177. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ Scotland. Court of Session (1800). The Acts of sederunt of the Lords of Council and Session, from the 12th November 1790 to the [10th February 1821]. Bell & Bradfute. pp. 2–11. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ The Scots Magazine ... Vol. 73. Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran. 1811. p. 235. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ISBN 9781318525935. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1886). "Burnett, John (c. 1764-1810)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 07. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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