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toms at the different ports of Scotland, In order, if
possible, that the said James Drummond's escape
may be prevented.
(Signed) ARGYLE. /. P. D.
22d January 1753.
The said day his Majesty's Advocate reported to
the Court, that agreeable to their Lordships' re-
commendation of the 20th of November last, two
precognitions had been taken relative to the way
and manner of the escape of James M'Gregor, alias
Drummond, alias James More, pannel ; one of those
under the direction of the military officers in the
castle, of such persons who knew any thing of the
matter as belonged to the castle ; and the other un-
der the direction of his Lordship and his Majesty's
solicitors ; which last ' his Lordship would order
forthwith to be lodged in the clerk's hands, and
that he would give directions for a copy of that one
taken in the castle to be also lodged.
The diet was continued from time to time till
iOth March 1755, when it was adjourned " ay and
until the said James M'Gregor's apprehension."
Nothing farther appears on the records as to
James M'Gregor's escape ; but the following par-
ticulars relative to it appear in the Scots Magazine
for November 1752. (Vol. XIV. pages 556-7.)
" James M'Gregor, alias Drummond, under trial
for carrying off Jean Key of Edinbelly, made his
escape from Edinburgh Castle on the 16th. The
toms at the different ports of Scotland, In order, if
possible, that the said James Drummond's escape
may be prevented.
(Signed) ARGYLE. /. P. D.
22d January 1753.
The said day his Majesty's Advocate reported to
the Court, that agreeable to their Lordships' re-
commendation of the 20th of November last, two
precognitions had been taken relative to the way
and manner of the escape of James M'Gregor, alias
Drummond, alias James More, pannel ; one of those
under the direction of the military officers in the
castle, of such persons who knew any thing of the
matter as belonged to the castle ; and the other un-
der the direction of his Lordship and his Majesty's
solicitors ; which last ' his Lordship would order
forthwith to be lodged in the clerk's hands, and
that he would give directions for a copy of that one
taken in the castle to be also lodged.
The diet was continued from time to time till
iOth March 1755, when it was adjourned " ay and
until the said James M'Gregor's apprehension."
Nothing farther appears on the records as to
James M'Gregor's escape ; but the following par-
ticulars relative to it appear in the Scots Magazine
for November 1752. (Vol. XIV. pages 556-7.)
" James M'Gregor, alias Drummond, under trial
for carrying off Jean Key of Edinbelly, made his
escape from Edinburgh Castle on the 16th. The
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| Histories of Scottish families > Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, three sons of the celebrated Rob Roy > (255) Page 117 |
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| Description | Before the High Court of Justiciary, in the years 1752, 1753, and 1754 for the abduction of Jean Key. To which is prefixed a memoir relating to the Highlands, with anecdotes of Rob Roy, etc. Edinburgh: Printed by J. Hay and Co., 1818. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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