Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL Subject_2 SUMMER SESSION.
John Maitland v. Robert Baird, &c
Date: 2 July 1680
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Robert Baird, late Dean of Guild of Edinburgh, &c. are pursued by Mr. John Maitland, master of the game in Mid-Lothian, for eating wild-fowl contrary to the late act of Privy Council. Alleged,—Being burgesses of Edinburgh, they are not obliged to answer before the Sheriff; and the town hath a private jurisdiction.
