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[1777] 5 Brn 507
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 LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT.
Date: John Blacklaw, Petitioner
11 March 1777 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
John Blacklaw, having been incarcerated in the tolbooth of Edinburgh, by warrant of the Lords, on a charge of fraudulent bankruptcy, applied to the Court for liberation on bail, in terras of the statute 1701. The Lords admitted him to bail accordingly, but fixed the bail to 1000 merks. They were of opinion that, in this case, they were not limited to the sums in the said statute. They were of the same opinion in the case of the Forresters, where they fixed the bail at £500 sterling. See Kilk, p. 525.
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