McLeod, Mrs. (d. 1727)
McLeod, Mrs. (d. 1727)
Scottish accused criminal. Name variations: also seen as M'Leoid. Hanged Mar 8, 1727, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Fashionable woman in mid-30s, who was tried for forgery in Scotland, where such an offense was then a capital crime (1726); maintained innocence to the end, but was found guilty and sentenced to death.
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