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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR GEORGE AUCHINLECK OF BALMANNO.
Date: -
v.
The Magistrates of Glasgow
21 November 1628 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
The Magistrates of Glasgow are convened to pay debt for suffering of —, put in ward, to escape. It was alleged for the town, That the said warder escaped in the night, having by him some instrument of iron, wherewith he raised the lintel stone of a window; and that, how soon they were advertised thereof, they rang the common bell, and convened the town; and not only searched the town for him, but also sundry rode forth in the country. The Lords assoilyied the Bailies, in respect of their diligence, and the circumstances of his escape.
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