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When agitation for political reform began in 1792, Dundee became one of its centres in
Scotland. A society called the 'Friends of Liberty' was formed in 1793, and met in the Berean meeting-house in the Methodist Close, beside the house where Palmer lived in the Overgait. The society was composed
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At the preliminary legal inquiry he refused to answer the questions put to him, pleading his ignorance of Scots law. He was confined in
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