Bannatyne Club > Criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D. M.CCCC.LXXXVIII to A.D. M.DC.XXIV, embracing the entire reigns of James IV. and V., Mary Queen of Scots and James VI > Volume 2

382 CRIMINAL TRIALS. A.D. 1603
^lau(i!)ter in ^iiirjle Comliat, in dTi'aiice.
Jan. 13. — Capitax Johne Rig, Archeoiir of the Gaird of France.
Dilatit for the Slauchter of vmq'" Mr Thomas Strathanchin, alias Meu-nis.
Comperit Mr George Strathanchin, alias Meirnis, and prodnceit onr Ibnerane
lordis lettres, denlie execute and indorfat, i)urcheft be him felff aganis Capitan
Williame (Johne) Rig ; and delyrit proces.
Comperit ]Mr Thomas Hope exaij'aforio nomine for Capitan Johne Rig, and
prodnceit ane Warrand fubfcryuit be the Kingis Maieftie, ordaning the dyet
aganis the faid Capitane Johne to be defert ; of the quhilk Precept, the tennour
foUowis.
Hex,
Justice, Juflire Clark and 30ui- deputiis, We greitt 30W weill. Forfamekill as Capitan
Joliiie Rig and vrnq'^ Mr Thomas Strathaueliin, Aiclieouiis of ]is Gaiid of France, and IVa being
ferwandis to our daneft broder Heniie King of France, the faid Mr Thomas Strathauchin appeillit to
the faid Capitan Johne Rig to fc Singolar Combat; in ])e quhilk Combat the faid vniq'"^ .Mr Tho-
mas was hurt and woundit, and be evill handling and cure of cherurgeanis, deeeiffit : Quhilk Combat,
and all that foUowit pairvpoune hes bene tryit be our faid darreft broder Henry King of France and
his Jugeis, as Jugeis compitent to fe faid Tryell, the faid vmq''^ JNIr Thomas and the faid Capitan
Johne Rig being haitji fubiectis to our faid darrefl bro))er : And nochtwithrtanding, as We ar informit,
the freindis and kyn of Jie faid vmq'« lAIr Thomas Strauchin hes rafit our vjieris letteris, and lies fum-
mond ]ie faid Capitan JoJine Rig, to compeir befoir qow in our Tolbuith of Edinburgh, fe xiij day of
Januar inftant, in ]ie hour of eaufe, to vnderlye our lawis for ]ie Slauciiter of the faid vraq'" Mr Tho-
mas, albeit it be of veritie, that We nor our Juftices can nawyis be Jugeis compitent to pe faid Capi-
tan Johne Rig, he being ane Archeour of our faid derred brojieris Gaird, and fiva his fubiect ; befoir
qnhome and his Jugeis he hes bene alreddie tryit : Lyke as, alfo, the faid Capitan Johne Rig being
vpoune ])e poynit of his voyage, to pafs in France to his feruice, can nocht gudlie attend vpoune fe
famin dyett : Quh airfoir. We haifing tane fufficient tryell in jie faid mater and of |>e preceding Jiairof,
Lea concludit that the faid Capitan Johne Rig falbe nawyis trublit in tyme cuming for fe faid flauch-
ter. Commanding 50W, that 5e onnawyis proceid aganis him nor }iis cawtioner, at ]ie faid xiij day of
Januar inflant, nor in na tyme cuming, for pe Slauciiter of ])e faid vniq'^ Mr Tiiomas ; difchargeing
30W fairof, and of 50ur offices in fat pairt : And for Jie faid Capitan Johnis mair fecuritie, caufe regif-
trate ))ir prefentis in our buikis of Adiornall, ad pcrpetuam rei memoriam, and for 5 our WaiTand.
Subfcryuit with our liand, at Halyrudelious, ))e firft day of Januar, 1G02 5eiiis.
(Sic fubfcribitur) JAMES REX.
To the qidiilk it is anfuerit be the faid Mv George Strathauchin alias Meirnis,
perfewar, that tlie faid Letter was ane iiriuie Letter, and audit nocht to be ad-
niittit. — With the quhilk Letter and aniiier maid thairto, the Juftice being
throuchlie a^yfit, admittit his Maiefteis Warrand, and defertit the laid dyett :
Quhairvpoune the faid INIr Tliomas Hope afldt inftrumentis : and the laid Mr
George proteftit, that the admiffioune thairof preiuge nocht his perfuit in tyme
cominsr.