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[1775] 5 Brn 602
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. reported by ALEXANDER TAIT, CLERK OF SESSION, one of the reporters for the faculty.
Subject_2 SOLICITOR-GENERAL.
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The solicitor is not a calumniator publicus; he cannot therefore concur or authorise a complaint as such, except in his character of advocate-depute.
So the Lords thought, 18th November 1775, Complainer against Kelties as fraudulent bankrupts. See Fraudulent Bankrupt.
All proclamations for observance of days of Public Fasting are directed to the Solicitor-General.
When Mr Montgomery presented his commision as sole solicitor, with the whole privileges of his office, as enjoyed by his predecessors, the Lords understood one of them to be, his being allowed to sit and plead within the bar. Therefore he was admitted to do so. Formerly, the solicitors used to get a special letter to that effect. But now, when there is only one solicitor, it is held to be a privilege of his office,—not where there is two.
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