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[1590] 1 Brn 126
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION reported by SIR ROBERT SPOTISWOODE OF PENTLAND.
Subject_2 Such of the following Decision as are of a Date prior to about the year 1620, must have been taken by Spotiswoode from some of the more early Reporters. The Cases which immediately follow have no Date affixed to them by Spotiswoode.
Newton
v.
The Tutor of Langton
1590 .Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
The tutor of Langton being pursued by one Newton for the spuilyie of certain goods, corns, and cattle; Alleged, That the pursuer having committed a slaughter, the defender, being sheriff of Berwick during the minority of Langton, intromitted with the said goods and gear by virtue of his office, and offered that which was extant again. Answered, That the Act of Parliament gave no power to sheriffs to intromit, but only to arrest, especially the party not being convicted. In respect of which reply the exception was repelled.
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