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Prism shaped metal blade with carved wooden handle. String holding blade and guard in place. Label reads 'Edinburgh 20th May 1868. Referred to by my declaration on this date'. Signed J. Cameron and Herbert Hamilton and on the reverse of the label…

Long rounded blade with wooden handle. Label in several pieces, refers to the case as suicide. No identifiable names, location or date available.

Liniment Opii, or Opium Liniment, sold by A. Robertson, Chemist & Druggist, Markinch; supplied by Duncan, Flockhart & Co., Edinburgh. Opium Liniment is a cream or balm mixture of opium which was prescribed to relieve muscle pain and alleviate…

Laudanum, sold by Andrew Robertson; supplied by Duncan, Flockhart & Co., Edinburgh. Laudanum is a bitter tasting tincture of opium which was primarily prescribed to treat coughs and relieve pain. Until the early twentieth century, it was possible to…

This bottle contains a dark brown liquid.

Probably one of the most well-known medicinal substances of the 18th and 19th centuries, laudanum was largely composed of opium and alcohol. It was commonly used as a sedative but was also prescribed as an…

Large metal spike containing small hole in one end. No label.

Metal blade with wooden handle. Label identifies the item as being related to a case dated 30 July 1950. Knife was found in the possession of the accused.

Metal head with long wooden handle. Label is water damaged making legibility difficult. Identifies the name 'Alexander Strath Dee'.

Small glass bottle with glass stopper lined with a light-yellowish residue, possibly of some sort of powder.

Small glass bottle with glass stopper, empty except for a slight dusty residue.