James Aitken

A short account of the motives which determined the man, called John the Painter

The life of James Aitken

The life of James Aitken, commonly called John the Painter, an incendiary, who was tried at the Castle of Winchester, on Thursday the 7th day of March, 1777, and convicted of setting fire to His Majesty's dock-yard, at Portsmouth, exhibiting a detail of facts of the utmost importance to Great Britain

The trial (at Large) of James Hill

The trial (at large) of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Actzen, for feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously setting fire to the rope-house in His Majesty's Dock-Yard at Portsmouth

The trial (at large) of James Hill; otherwise James Hind; otherwise, James Actzen: for feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously, setting fire to the rope-house, in His Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth. Tried at the Assize, at Winchester, on Thursday, March 6, 1777. Before the honorable Sir William Henry Ashhurst, knt. ... and Sir Beaumont Hotham, knt. ...

The trial (at large) of James Hill; otherwise James Hind; otherwise, James Actzen: for feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously, setting fire to the rope-house, in His Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth. Tried at the Assize, at Winchester, on Thursday, March 6, 1777. Before the honorable Sir William Henry Ashhurst, knt. ... and Sir Beaumont Hotham, knt. ...

The trial at large of James Hill

The trial of James Hill

The trial of James Hill commonly called John the painter

The trial of James Hill, commonly called John the Painter, at the castle of Winchester, on Thursday the 6th day of March, 1777, before the Hon. Sir Beaumont Hotham, knt., for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a certain building called the Rope House, in His Majesty's Dock-Yard at Portsmouth

The whole of the proceedings upon the trial of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Acksan, commonly called, John the Painter, on Thursday, March the 6th, 1777

The whole trial of John the Painter

The whole trial of John the painter, for setting fire to the Rope-house at Portsmouth, which came on at the assizes held at Winchester, on Thursday last, the 6th of March, 1777