A cause, carried on at the instance of the Sheriff principal, before the sheriff-depute, was advocated.
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An action being pursued by my Lord Sanquhar before the sheriff depute in Nithsdale, against William Chrichton of Ryhill, for cutting of the said Lord's green wood: The same was advocated to the Lords directly against the tenor of the act of Parliament anent cutting and destroying of woods.*
Fol. Dic. v. 1. p. 28. Haddington, MS. No 2300.
* Lord Kames has mistaken the import of this case.
