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[1600] 5 Brn 555
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. reported by ALEXANDER TAIT, CLERK OF SESSION, one of the reporters for the faculty.
Subject_2 PROOF.
Caldwal
v.
Steuart
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In the process, Caldwal against Steuart,—Steuart, though he did not directly own his having had criminal correspondence with Caldwal, yet, when called before the kirk-session of Beith, he made a declaration and offer to submit to discipline, provided the woman would swear before the congregation, that she had not, within a twelvemonth, had criminal correspondence with any other but him: This declaration was proved, and held both by the Sheriff of Ayr, and by the Lords, sufficient evidence to subject him in aliment of the child.
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