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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR GEORGE AUCHINLECK OF BALMANNO.
Date: Edgar
v.
The Earl of Haddington's Bailie
13 February 1634 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
The Earl of Haddington's Bailie convicts one Edgar for a bloodwed for wounding a person; who, being charged for an unlaw, suspended, alleging, That he was not lawfully convicted, in so far as he was not convicted by an assize, as use is in such cases; but, the fact being referred to his oath, he refused to give his oath. The Lords found the letters orderly proceeded; because the fact not being capital, but punishable by a pecunial pain, the same might be lawfully referred to his oath.
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