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Subject_1 JURISDICTION.
Messengers of Edinburgh
v.
Drummond
1744 ,July 20 .
Case No.No. 31.
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The Lyon having given a commission as a messenger to Drummond, two messengers in Edinburgh presented a suspension, first, that there were already 24 messengers of the shire of Edinburgh, including the Lyon, Heralds, and Pursuivants, in terms of the act 46th Parl. 11, James II. 2dly, That Drummond is of bad character and guilty of bad practices. The Lyon objected to the jurisdiction; 2dly, That the Lyon, Heralds, &c. are no part of the 24, and besides them there are but 16; and 3dly, Disputed the facts mentioned in the second. We agreed that the bill was competent upon the first, but then the reason was not true. As to the rest we thought the first application should have been first to the Lord Lyon; and therefore refused the bill, but prejudice of applying to the Lyon and his Court
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