Note 728 — REIGN OF GEORGE II.: 1727–1748. (continued 2)
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A riding of the stang, attended with tragical results, happened in March 1736. George Porteous, smith at Edmondstone, having severely beaten and abused his wife, was subjected to the ignominy by his neighbours; which so highly ‘affronted’ him, that he went and hanged himself.—Caledonian Mercury.