Name
George Joseph Bell
Occupation
Biographical Notes
Advocate, November 1791. Son of Rev. William Bell and Margaret Morrice; m. Barbara Shaw; 1822 appointed Chair of Scots Law, Edinburgh University. Wrote Treatise on the Laws of Bankruptcy in Scotland and The Principles of the Law of Scotland, among others.
Life Dates
1770 - 1843
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Case Type Document Title Submitted ID
Bell v. King Memorial Memorial for James Bell, Sheriff-Clerk of Berwickshire; Against Isobel King, daughter of John King, shoemaker in Cockburnspath; 15 Dec 1796 35816
Margaret and Amelia Murray v. The Trustees of Margaret Borthwick Memorial 1 Jun 1797 15182

Documents Authored

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Title Type Document Title Submitted
Wilkie creditors v. Wilkie Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Petition of Alexander Wilkie, Esq; of Breich,

18 Feb 1802
Cadell and Davies, and Others v. Stewart Information

Information for Mess. Cadell and Davies, Booksellers in London, and Thomas Manners, W.S. their Mandatory; William Creech, Bookseller in Edinburgh; Gilbert Burns, the only surviving brother to the late Robert Burns; and William Thomson, Writer in Dumfries, Factor loco tutoris to the Children of the late Robert Burns; against Thomas Stewart Bookseller, formerly in Glasgow, now in Greenock

30 Sep 1803
Campbell and Others, posterior Adjudgers v. The Common Agent for the Postponed Creditors in the Ranking of the Creditors of Charles Maclean of Kinlochaline Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Additional Petition of The Postponed Creditors and Common Agent in the Ranking of the Creditors of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Maclean of Kinlochaline

3 Sep 1801
Campbell and Others, posterior Adjudgers v. The Common Agent for the Postponed Creditors in the Ranking of the Creditors of Charles Maclean of Kinlochaline Answers

Answers for The Postponed Creditors and Common Agent, in the Ranking of the Creditors of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Maclean of Kinlochaline; to the Petition of David Campbell, Esq; of Comby, and others of the Adjudging Creditors

3 Sep 1801
Campbell and Others, posterior Adjudgers v. The Common Agent for the Postponed Creditors in the Ranking of the Creditors of Charles Maclean of Kinlochaline Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of The Postponed Creditors, and Common Agent in the Ranking of the Creditors of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Maclean of Kinlochaline

4 Dec 1801
Bakers of Dundee v. Magistrates of Dundee Information

Information for The Incorporation of Bakers of Dundee, Pursuers, against The Magistrates and Town-Council of Dundee, Defenders

21 Jan 1803
Bell v. King Memorial Memorial for James Bell, Sheriff-Clerk of Berwickshire; Against Isobel King, daughter of John King, shoemaker in Cockburnspath; 15 Dec 1796
Messrs Aitchison, Brown, and Company v. Lord Monboddo's Interlocutor Peition

Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Messrs Aitchison, Brown, and Company, Distiller at St Clement's Wells

14 Dec 1792
Anderson v. Creditors of Arnot Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and session, the Petition of Mrs Lilias Anderson, Widow of the late Charles Anderon, Inn-keeper in Newmills

21 Jan 1792
Rose v. Lord Cullen's Interlocutor Petition

Petition of William Rose, Esq. late Factor to the Right Honourable James Earl of Fife

19 Jun 1801
Aitken et al. v. Incorporation of Tailors Petition

Unto the right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Additional Petition of William Aitken, Alexander Allan, and others, Journeymen Tailors in Edinburgh

2 Apr 1801
Aitken et al. v. Incorporation of Tailors Petition

Unto the right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Additional Petition of William Aitken, Alexander Allan, and others, Journeymen Tailors in Edinburgh

2 Apr 1801
Lindsay v. Tovey Petition

Unto the Right Honourable Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Mrs Augusta Margaret Tovey, Daughter of the deceased Lieutenant-Colonel Abraham Tovey, Daughter of the deceased Lieutenant-Colonel Abraham Tovey, of the Royal Artillery, and Spouse of Martin Eccles Lindsay, Deputy Commissary-General at Winchester

3 Jun 1806
LC Volume 01 Memorial

Memorial for Jean Hutchison, Wife of Mathew Hutchison, Flesher in Leith, Detender; against the said Mathew Hutchison, Pursuer

3 Mar 1808
LC Volume 01 Answers

Answers for Mess. Potts, Cooke, and Potts, Merchants in London, and Mandatory; to the Petition of Allan Bogle, and others, Underwriters on La Gloire

2 Dec 1809
LC Volume 01 Answers

Answers for Mess. Potts, Cooke, and Potts, Merchants in London, and Mandatory, to the Petition of S. Parker, Francis Garden, and David Macculloch, Underwriters in Glasgow

19 Apr 1810
LC Volume 01 Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Potts, Cooke, and Potts, Merchants in London, and their Mandatory

6 Jul 1810
Newton v. Ferrier Information

Information for Charles Ferrier, Accountant in Edinburgh, Trustee on the Sequestrated Estate of Alexander Gardiner, sometime merchant in Montrose, afterwards in Leith,--Pursuer

31 Dec 1807
LC Volume 03 Duplies

Duplies for Messrs Dunlop, Hamilton, and Co. and Hercules Scott, and James Crocket Robertson, Partners of Hercules Scott and Company, and Scheviz, Robertson, and Co. to the Replies for John Lawrie, Esq.

22 Jun 1811
LC Volume 03 Information

Information for William Mylne, Merchant in Leith, against Charles Ferrier, Accountant in Edinburgh

16 Nov 1811
LC Volume 03 Petition

Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of James Miller, Distiller at Craigend,

19 Nov 1811
LC Volume 03 Petition

Unto the Right Honouable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of James Miller, Distiller at Craigend;

6 Dec 1811
LC Volume 04 Answers

Answers for Helen Wilson, Spouse of William Young, Weaver in Newmills, and the said William Young for his Interest, to the Petition of Mrs Jean Fleming, Relict of the late Henry Bowie, Junior, Manufacturer in Paisley, and of Henry, Mary, Agnes, John, and Alexander Bowies, lawful Children of the said Henry Bowie, and their Tutors nominate, viz. Henry Bowie Senior, their Grandfather, Alexander Bowie, their Uncle, Peter Ewing, and James Craig, Manufacturers in Paisley, and the said Jean Fleming

14 Jun 1810
LC Volume 04 Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Potts, Cooke, and Potts, Merchants in London, and their Attorney

10 Sep 1812
LC Volume 04 Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of William Pagan, Merchant in St. Johns, Nova Scotia, eldest Son of the deceased William Pagan, Merchant in Glasgow, and Margaret Maxwell, his Wife

22 Feb 1815