Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL.
James Buchanan v. The Incorporation of Mary's Chapel
Date: 10 January 1695
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Arniston reported the bill of suspension, James Buchanan, wright in Edinburgh, against the incorporation of Mary's Chapel there, who had found he could not take a journeyman, who was come to age, and had fully learned his trade, to be an apprentice, thereby to give him his freedom: and the town-council ratified this act.
The Lords thought it belonged to the government and policy of the burgh to regulate their own trades; yet, in case any of them complained of oppression, they behoved to hear them; and, therefore, passed the bill of suspension, unless the chargers would discuss the reasons summarily on the bill.
