Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL.
James Arbuthnot of Catterland v. James Gentleman, Skipper in Montrose
Date: 19 January 1694
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Arniston reported James Arbuthnot of Catterland, against James Gentleman, skipper in Montrose. The Lords repelled the reason of suspension, that the apprentice had gone to the King's fleet, and so the apprentice-fee was not due to the master; and found it not relevant, unless the cautioners in the indenture would say, that either he was drawn by lot or forced away vi majore: and that the master needed not prove that he protested against the Magistrates, who accepted of the boy to make up one of the number of seamen they were obliged to furnish; but assoilyied from the sixpence per day for the want of his service.
