The Sheriffdom of Clackmannan: A Sketch of Its History with Lists of Sheriffs and Excerpts from the Records of Court, Compiled from Public Documents and Other Authorities, with Prefatory Notes on the Office of Sheriff in Scotland, His Powers and Duties
The Sheriffdom of Clackmannan: A Sketch of Its History with Lists of Sheriffs and Excerpts from the Records of Court, Compiled from Public Documents and Other Authorities, with Prefatory Notes on the Office of Sheriff in Scotland, His Powers and Duties
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... III. Form Of Process In Sheriff Courts. Our information respecting the form of process in the mediseval Sheriffs Criminal Court is very meagre. These forms must of necessity have been very simple when the procedure was so summary; and it is not easy to see how a Sheriff could comply with the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... III. Form Of Process In Sheriff Courts. Our information respecting the form of process in the mediseval Sheriffs Criminal Court is very meagre. These forms must of necessity have been very simple when the procedure was so summary; and it is not easy to see how a Sheriff could comply with the injunctions given him, to use the utmost despatch in trying criminals, and at the same time secure a proper assize for the trial. By the Act of 27 March 1432, the Sheriff was ordered, so soon as he was certified of a murder, to pursue and apprehend the criminal, " and if he be taken, to put him in sicker fastness until the law be done upon him, and that shall be within forty days at the farthest; and be it red-hand, it shall be done within that time." But every accused person was entitled to be tried by an assize of his peers, and it seems difficult to see how the Sheriff could secure the jury within the limited time thus allowed him. At a later date the form of conducting criminal trials appears to have varied in different counties, each Sheriff following his own course. The information which we have respecting the form of process in civil cases is more detailed. In these Courts, actions, before the institution of the Court of Session, usually originated in brieves from Chancery. These writs were obtained by the party complainer, and were directed to the Sheriff who was to try the question at issue. They were of set form, and by Act of date 28 April 1491, the clerks of Chancery were prohibited from altering the style of the writ. The c following is a brieve issued in the reign of Alexander II. for trying a question between the burgesses of Peebles and a neighbouring landowner who disputed their right to put peats in an alleged common. It has been...
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