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Halyburton v Provost of Jedburgh. [1626] Mor 12494 (29 June 1626)
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[1626] Mor 12494
Public Instrument, how far Probative. Subject_3 SECT. I.
Messengers Execution.
Halyburton v. Provost of Jedburgh
Date: 29 June 1626 Case No. No 357.
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In an action against a Magistrate for not taking a rebel, after he was charged for that effect, the Lords found, that the summons, bearing the rebel to have been in the Magistrate's company the time of the charge, behoved to be otherwise proved than by the messenger's execution, which was found not probative.