The contents are as follows: precognitions on the riot and other papers relating to the trial (folio 1); papers concerning what was published in the ‘Caledonian Mercury’ (folio 44); papers concerning the murder (folio 62); notes on the trial, especially the objections of English lawyers to the proceedings (folio 82); copies of precedents (folio 83), and notes on the proceedings in the House of Lords (folio 241).