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LOCAL AND COUNTY INSTITUTIONS, &c.
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IRISH COURTS.
Bankruptcy. — A. P. Henderson.
Probate. — A. P. Henderson.
Chancery. — A. P. Henderson.
Exchequer. — A. P. Henderson,
Common Pleas. — A. P. Henderson.
Queen's Bench, — ^A. P. Henderson.
ADMIRALTY COURT.
Sir Archibald Alison, advocate, Judge- Admiral ;
Henry Glassford Bell, advocate, Arch. Smith, advo-
cate, and Alexander Strathern, Deputes ; William
Hart and John Gemmel, Procurators-Fiscal ; P. T.
Young, Auditor of Accounts.
JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT.
Sittings of the Small Debt Court, every Tuesday
and Friday at II o'clock, in the Justices' Hall,
County Buildings, 117 Brunswick Street. Sittings
for summary proceedings and criminal cases in the
Justices' Hall, on Monday and Thursday at one
o'clock. Business is transacted in the Clerk's Oifice,
County Buildings, 111 Brunswick Street, Glasgow,
everyday from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m., Saturday excepted,
when the office shuts at 2 p.m. George Crawfurd,
Clerk of the Peace ; Alexander Clugston and Wm.
Sinclair, Depute-Clerks ; Robert Duncan Douglas,
Procurator- Fiscal ; John Buchanan, Bar-Officer.
SMALL DEBT COURT OF THE JUSTICES.
This court, on six days' inducias, decides claims of
^5 and under, sits every Tuesday and Friday, at 11
o'clock, forenoon, in the Small Debt Court, Justices'
Hall, County Buildings, 117 Brunswick Street.
Two Justices are the Judges. Summonses and
warrants are issued for the Lower Ward of Lanark-
shire at the Justice of Peace Clerk's Office, County
Buildings, entering by 111 Brunswick Street. Geo.
Crawfurd, Clerk of the Peace ; Alexander Clugston
and William Sinclair, Depute-Clerks.
SHERIFF SMALL DEBT COURTS,
For the recovery of Debts not exceeding £12, sits
every Monday at 11, and Thursday at 10 o'clock
forenoon for Glasgow, and on Tuesdays and Fridays
for Lanark, Hamilton, and Airdrie, at 11 o'clock,
forenoon, and have jurisdiction over the whole of
Lanarkshire. The Defenders are cited before this
Court on an inducise of six days : warrants to arrest
on the dependence are issued : the decree may be
extracted, and arrestments used upon it instantly ;
and it may be enforced, in all cases, by poinding,
sale, and imprisonment, when above £8. 6s. 8d. of
the debtor's effects, ten free days after its date. In
case of the debtor removing to a different county,
the decree may be enforced against him there, on
being endorsed by the Sheriff-Clerk of the county
to which he removes. Judges — Sheriff and Sheriff-
Substitutes of the County.
Note. — The Act authorising Imprisonment for
Small Debts expired in 1840 for sums under £8. 6s.
8d., excepting claims of aliment.
FORM OF PROCEEDING IN THE RECOVERY
OF SMALL DEBTS.
Debts may be recovered in a summary manner
before the Justice of Peace Court, to the extent of
£5 ; and before the Sheriff Courts, to the extent of
£12.
The first step is set /orth in a complaint or libel,
agreeably to a prescribed form (the Clerks of Court
will provide the necessary forms), the origin of the
debt, or ground of action ; and to cause the same,
with a copy of the account, if any, to be served on
the defender.
A warrant will, at the same time, be obtained to
cite witnesses.
The parties may appear either by themselves or
by members of their families, or others whom the
Court may authorize; but in no case by persons
practising the profe.-sion of the law, or by Officers of
Court, without special leave of the Court or cause
shown.
If the defender fail to appear after being cited, he
will be held as confessed, and judgment will be given
against him.
But when decree is given in absence against the
defender, he may, before the expiry of the charge,
apply for a rehearing, on consigning the sums
decerned for in cases before Justices, and in cases
before Sheriff by consigning lOs. of expenses, on
applj'ing within three months from date of charge.
If decree in absence be given against the pursuer,
he may, within one month, obtain a rehearing on
consigning 2s. 6d., if the case be before the Justices;
and the expenses decerned for, with 5s. to meet fur-
ther expenses, if the case be before the Sheriff.
The case will be adjourned upon the pursuer or
defender offering a suitable excuse, or if any witness
be absent.
If decree be given against the defender, diligence
may proceed against him by arrestment instantly f
and by poinding, sale, and imprisonment, if above
£8. 6s. 8d., at the end of ten days before the Sheriff;
and by poindingand sale instantl}', before the Justices.
If decree be given against the defender in his-
absence, poinding and sale, as above, can only follow
after a charge of ten days.
The defender, on showing cause, may be allowed
to pay the sums decerned for by instalments.
The decrees of the Sheriff and of the Justices may
be executed in any county, on the same being
indorsed by the Clerk of such county.
Any arrestment used in cases before the Sheriff
must be used within sixty days after the warrant is
obtained, and renewed every three months ; and
such arrestments may be loosed, on offering sufficient
caution, or on showing evidence of absolvitor or pay-
ment, or on consigning the sums demanded, if before
decree.
The above forms will apply to any action of forth-
coming whatever, before the Sheriff, for making
effectual arrestments ; but in such actions both the
defender and arrestee must be cited to appear in
Court on the same day.
Decrees, pronounced in this summary form by the
Sheriff, will only be reviewable by the next Circuit
Court of Justiciary; or if there be no Circuit Court,
by the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, on
the ground of corruption, or malice, or oppression,
on the part of the Judge.
Such decrees, when pronounced by the Justices,
will only be reviewable, by a reduction before the
Court of Session, on the ground of malice and
oppression on the part of the Justices, and such
reduction will only be competent for one year, and
finding caution for costs.
No person is exempt from the jurisdiction of
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