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446 * CRIMINAL TRIALS. A.D. 1564.
fact and accufatioime aucht nocht to be put ' to the pannal as ane cryme, becaus
thai being Jugeis-Ordinaris ouer lyffe and inemberis, and incarceratioiine in
prefoune, vnderftanding the wond^ nocht to be raortall, becaus it wes in fie ane
place as thair apperit iia danger of deid ^ ; and 5it, for mair fecuritye, according
to thair accuftomit vfe, in caifis of hui't nother quhair deid wes nocht followit,
nor Homicide comniittit, thay lett the man to plege, vndir louertie of his re-
entre, vndir the pane of ane Thowfand pundis ; quhilk pane oure fouerane ladeis
maieftie hes caufit to relFaif, to be vfit at her plelbur, as the pane of the cautioune :
And thairfor, allegit, that hir Maieftie, in effect, hes apprevit the ordour vfit be
the Bailleis and perfones vpoune the pannale, in the releving and committing to
plege of the faid If^/H/ame Pater foun, and can haif na forther crjane to lay to
the charge of the laidis Magiftratis and Counlale ; and thairfor, aucht nocht to
be putt to the knawlege of ony Affife : And producit and fchew the Quenis
Aduocateis acquittance and difcharge, in the Quenis grace name, vpone the
reflait and aggreance for the faid fowme. And as to the latting out of Mojcrope,
producit THE Quenis grace command and Precept for putting of him to libertie.
— The faid Mr Uauid Borthuik afl'^it inftrumentis, that John "^owag, writer,
producit certane Actis of Parliament anent Slauchteris.
The faid Mr Dauid allegit, that thair is na cryme qualifeit in the Summondis
producit be the periewaris, that may be imput to the Aflyife ; becaus the rele-
ving of Jfllliaw P{tferfoiiii, in mauer and be ordour as it wes done, is na cryme
nor offence, nor yit aganis the lawis, outher Ciuile or Mvnicipall, hot wes done
according thairto ; becaus the Magiftratis accufit ar Jugeis-Ordinaris, havand
power of lyve and membris, Shereffis, with prefoune, &c. : And inlafar as the
faid Williame was tane and committit to prefone for ony allegit cryme, in caife
it had bene of Homicide, lyke as thair wes nane thanne actuale coniiuittit, hot
onlie in fimpliciter Hurting, as wes thocht and belevit commonlie to all men,
thay mycht of thair office, having kepit him attour * ane nycht and ane day,
(lyke as he wes kepit be })e fpace of four or fyve nychtis,) haif put him to libertie,
vndir cautioune and plege, to haif vndirlyne the lawis ; lyke as, in trewth, inlafar
as he wes gevin to libertie, the famyn wes done vndir fufficient cautioun for his
reentre agane, lyke as thai haif bene in wfe be virtew of thair officis and jurif-
dictioun, in ficlik caiffis and offenflis, to haif lattin men to plege, fpeciallie quhair
the actuale deth followit nocht, paft memor ; lyke as thai, and all vtheris Jugeis
Ordinaris, aucht to haif done of thair offices, according to the Mvnicipale Law,
conformit with the Commoun Law. And thairfor, it is na cryme, nor fuld
nocht be putt to the knawlege of ane Aflyife ; vthirwayife, na perfone that had
woundit ony man mycht be put to libertie and fredome, quhill ' the. wound wer
'Imputed. 'Wound. ^ Death. ' Above, over, more thanV ' ''^'Until.