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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.
Date: The Laird of Linton
v.
The Magistrates of Jedburgh
30 Jan 1627 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
The Laird of Linton pursued the provost and bailies of Jedburgh, for letting a debtor of his out of their tolbooth. The pursuit was sustained against them all, conjunctim, at Linton's instance; and the rest of the magistrates that were not guilty of his escape, to have their relief off him by whose negligence it fell out.
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