Town Council of Burgh, and Bailie Court. - Burgh of Barony.
Richan, Petitioner
Date: 13 June 1752 Case No. No 385.
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Robert Richan, pursuer of a sale of the lands of Rapnes in Orkney, applied by petition, craving a warrant to the Magistrates of Kirkwall, at whose sight the common debtor's repositories had been sealed up, to allow the petitioner inspection thereof presently under their seals, and to take thereof an inventory and receipt for all discharges and receipts of debts, or other writings, that might be material for instructing the points in the petition mentioned.
The Lords 'granted the desire of the petition;' but, as they thought the Magistrates were not the proper persons to have sealed up the repositories, they conjoined the Sheriff-depute in the warrant, and appointed him, when the repositories should he again sealed up, to put his seal thereon.
