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LEGAL DIRECTORY. 37
Execuiry and Wills Department, Clerk-Depute — G. B. Miehie.
Clerks— George Brewster, Robert S. Shirreffs, James L. Campbell,
and Alex. T. Nicol
Clerk-Depute at Peterhead — R. Maitland.
Procurator Fiscal of Aberdeen and Kincardine — Alex. Simpson, jun., advocate.
Depute Fiscals— George Cadenhead and Charles F. Runcy, advocates.
Auditor — Alexander Moffat. Bar Officers — Wm. Richardson and Thomas
Coleman.
Keeper of Court House — William Richardson.
Court Days, Ordinary Roll at Aberdeen — Wednesday and Friday.
Small Debt Roll— Thursday. Debts Recovery i£oM— Friday.
Court Day at Peterhead — Friday. Court Day at Stonehaven — Wednesday.
Sheriff Small Debt and Circuit Court.
The ordinary Small Debt Court at Aberdeen is held on Thursday at 10
o'clock a.m., weekly, during Sessions of the Court, and once or twice during
vacation. The Circuit Small Debt Courts are held at Aboyne, Inverurie,
Huntly, Turriff, and Fraserburgh, once every three months.
William Ingram, Turriff
Robert Anderson, Fraserburgh
William S. Milne, Aboyne
G. Taylor, Inverurie
W. Murdoch, Huntly
are the persons who respectively issue summonses, &c, , to be brought in theso
Courts ; and a Clerk from Aberdeen officiates in these Courts.
Justice of Peace Court.
The Quarter Sessions are held on the first Tuesdays of the months of March,
May, August, and last Tuesday of October. Special Sessions are occasionally
held.
Clerk — James A. Sinclair. Clerk-Depute — C. Warrack.
Procurator-Fiscal — Alex. Simpson, jun.
Justice of Peace Small Debt Court.
The Aberdeen District Court sits every fortnight, on Monday, at 11 o'clock
a.m., for the trial of Small Debt Cases under £5, by 6 Geo. IV., c. 48.
Judges — Any two Justices of the Peace. Clerk — J. A. Sinclair.
Clerk-Depute — C. Warrack.
Bar Officer — Williani Richardson.
DISTRICT AND DEPUTE CLERKS.
Aberdeen C. Warrack Rathen and < Robert Sutherland,
Alf ord Francis Stephen Fraserburgh \ Fraserburgh
Ellon George F. Raeburn Huntly W. Taylor
Garioch A. Fowlie, Inverurie Turriff William Ingram
Peterhead Robert Maitland Old Deer John Walker
Holidays— New Year's Day, Good Friday, the First Monday in May, the
Queen's Birthday, the Aberdeen Annual Holiday, the First Monday in August,
and Christmas Day, are kept as Holidays at the Sheriff Clerk's and the Jus-
tice of Peace Clerk's Offices.
Circuit Court of Justiciary.
The Circuit Court of Justiciary, for the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and
Kincardine, meets at Aberdeen twice a-year in the month of April and Sep-
tember, for the trial of criminal cases by one or two of the Lords. Appeals in
certain civil cases from the inferior courts are also heard by this court.