It became known as the Radical Road after it was paved in the aftermath of the Radical War of 1820, using the labour of unemployed weavers from the west of Scotland at the suggestion of Walter Scott as a form of work relief.
Commissions of oyer and terminer in Scotland have been exercised at various points in history, for example the trial of Radicals during the "Radical War" of 1820.
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