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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. reported by JAMES BURNETT, LORD MONBODDO.
Date: Sir Robert Gordon
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16 July 1741 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
The Lords, in this case, found,—That the bailie of a Baron Court might give a decreet against a defender contumaciously absent,—fining him for a delinquency, and ordering him to prison till the fine was paid : and that, upon such a decreet, he might lawfully grant a warrant to commit him.
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