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He was born at Lundin Mill, Fife, where his father had a flax dressing business.
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William Ritchie
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At the age of 19 he moved to Edinburgh, and after some years employment in the offices of two firms of solicitors, he joined the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland in 1808. Ritchie was joint editor of the paper with Maclaren until Ritchie"s death in 1831. In 1824 he published Essays on Constitutional Law and Forms of Process and in 1827 was appointed a commissioner under the Improvements Acting.
He campaigned for reform of policing and prison conditions, especially for poor debtors.
