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COURTS OF LAW, &c.
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IRISH COURTS.
Chancery. — A. P. Henderson and
George Salmond.
Queen's Bench — A. P. Henderson
and James Drew.
Common Pleas and Bankruptcy. —
A. P. Henderson.
Exchequer. — A. P. Henderson.
ADMIRALTY COURT.
Sir Arch. Alison, advocate, Judge-Ad-
mir.d ; Henry Glassford Bell, advocate,
Arch. Smith, advocate, and Wffi. Steele,
advocate, Deputes ; William Hart and
P. T. Young, Procurators-Fiscal ; John
Aikman, Auditor of Accounts.
SMALL DEBT COURT OF THE
JUSTICES.
This court, on six clays inducia, decides
claims of £5 and under, sits every Tues-
day and Friday, at 11 o'clock, forenoon,
in the Small Debt Court Hall at the
Jail. Two Justices are the Judges.
Summonses and warrants are issued for
the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire at the
Justice of Peace Clerk's Office, County
Buildings, Glasgow, entering by 107
Brunswick Street. George Crawford,
Clerk-, Robert R. M'Donald and George
Clelland, Depute- Clerks.
JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT.
Sittings of the Small Debt Court, every
Tuesday and Friday, at 1 1 o'clock, in the
Court Hall at the Jail. Sittings for
summary proceedings and criminal cases
in the Justice's Hall, Count}' Buildings,
on Monday and Thursdaj- at 1 o'clock.
Business is transacted in the Clerk's
Office, County Buildings, 107 Brunswick
Street, Glasgow, every day from 9 a.m.
till 5 p.m., Saturday excepted, when the
office shuts at 2 p.m. George Crawford,
Clerk of the Peace; Robert R. M'Donald
and Geo. Clelland, Depute-Clerks; John
Lang, jun., Procurator-Fiscal; John Bu-
chanan, Bar-Officer.
BURGH COURTS.
The Bailies, Judges — The Town Clerks,
Legal Assessors.
principal court
Held in the Burgh Court Hall, on Friday,
at 11 o'clock, in cases of debts, &c, ex-
ceeding 40s.
Summer term, from 12th May until
10th July.
Winter term, from 12th November
until 11th March, and occasionally dur-
ing the vacations.
police courts
Held every lawful day, at 10 o'clock, in
the Police Office, South Albion Street,
Glasgow ; and in the Police Offices of
Gorbals, Anderston, Calton, and Cow-
caddens respectively.
DEAN OF GUILD
Sits every alternate Thursday, at 11
o'clock, in the Burgh Court Hall.
Dean of Guild, Robert Baird.
from the merchants.
Wm. West Watson, Wm. Stow Wilson-
Sub.- deiin. J. F. Jamieson.
Andrew Wingate.
FROM THE TRADES.
Charles Thomas. I William M'Call.
David Maxwell. | T. Brownlie, jun.
Assessor, Arthur Forbes.
Superintendent of Streets, Buildings, and
Pavements, John Carrick.
Officer, John M'Diarmid.
WATER BAILIE.
Principal Bailie, John Taylor, jun. ; De-
pute, Hugh Wilson.
The Bailie of the River Clyde holds a
Court in the Court Hall, Robertson Street,
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at
10 a.m.
COUNTY COURTS.
SHERIFF
Sits every da}' for criminal and summary
business.
Ordinary Court, Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Friday.
Small Debt Court, Mondays and Thurs-
days.
Sheriff, Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., ad-
vocate.
Substitutes, G. H. Bell, A. Smith, and
Wm. Steele.
Sheriff-Clerk, J. Drysdale.
Depute-Clerks, James Gibbons, John Sim,
and Alexander Pearson.
Joint Procurators-Fiscal, William Hart
and P. T. Young.
Auditor of Accounts, John Aikman.
Translator and Interpreter, Jas. Assolari.
Bar-Officers, William Halbert, W. Wil-
son, and James Thomson.
Sheriff-Substitute for the Upper Ward,
John Neil Dyce.
Depute-Clerk, Alexander M'lntyrc.
Fiscal, Stephen Gray.
Sheriff-Substitute for the Middle Ward,
Hamilton, James \eiteh, advocate;
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