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DUNDEE COURT-MARTIAL RECORDS
Sentenc’t. To bee bang’d by the neck uppon the gallowes
in the Markett place in Dundee till hee bee dead.
DUNDEE. COURT MARTIALL. December 9, 1651.
The information of David Thompson concerning Geo:
Burton and Wm. Langley, read.
The information of David Thompson of Strackmortin,
taken uppon oath the 5th day of December, 1651, saith,
that the last night about sunsett, George Burton and Wm.
Langley of Lt. Col. Sawrey’s company with 2 souldiers
more (whose names hee knowes nott) came to his house,
where coming they said they had orders to quarter,
and beate the deponent’s servants for shutting the doore
against them. Afterwards this deponent coming home,
and his wife asking if they had any order, one of them
who had a pistoll said, there was his order. That George
Burton and another of them went to the Brewsters neere
his house, and returned about ten houres being both full,
in the meane time Wm. Langley (being the least of them)
staid in the house, and all of them having att supper
5 pintes of ale and a pinte they had before. The deponent
said, they should have noe more, wheruppon they broke
open the chamber doore and being going to draw the
drinke, his wife resisting them, one of them struck her
with a pistoll, that they satt uppe and sange, drinking
till about midnight. Davd. Thomsone.
Question. Whether Geo. Burton and Wm. Langley
bee guilty of misdemeanour ? Resolved in the affirmative.
For stragling from the garrison and demanding of
provisions contrary to order.
The sentence of Geo. Burton. To ride the wooden
horse an hower with his fault uppon his brest, and to
receive 20 stripes being led to the parade.
Question. Whether Wm. Langley shall bee continued
in prison till Friday and have noe other punishment ?
Resolved in the affirmative.
DUNDEE COURT-MARTIAL RECORDS
Sentenc’t. To bee bang’d by the neck uppon the gallowes
in the Markett place in Dundee till hee bee dead.
DUNDEE. COURT MARTIALL. December 9, 1651.
The information of David Thompson concerning Geo:
Burton and Wm. Langley, read.
The information of David Thompson of Strackmortin,
taken uppon oath the 5th day of December, 1651, saith,
that the last night about sunsett, George Burton and Wm.
Langley of Lt. Col. Sawrey’s company with 2 souldiers
more (whose names hee knowes nott) came to his house,
where coming they said they had orders to quarter,
and beate the deponent’s servants for shutting the doore
against them. Afterwards this deponent coming home,
and his wife asking if they had any order, one of them
who had a pistoll said, there was his order. That George
Burton and another of them went to the Brewsters neere
his house, and returned about ten houres being both full,
in the meane time Wm. Langley (being the least of them)
staid in the house, and all of them having att supper
5 pintes of ale and a pinte they had before. The deponent
said, they should have noe more, wheruppon they broke
open the chamber doore and being going to draw the
drinke, his wife resisting them, one of them struck her
with a pistoll, that they satt uppe and sange, drinking
till about midnight. Davd. Thomsone.
Question. Whether Geo. Burton and Wm. Langley
bee guilty of misdemeanour ? Resolved in the affirmative.
For stragling from the garrison and demanding of
provisions contrary to order.
The sentence of Geo. Burton. To ride the wooden
horse an hower with his fault uppon his brest, and to
receive 20 stripes being led to the parade.
Question. Whether Wm. Langley shall bee continued
in prison till Friday and have noe other punishment ?
Resolved in the affirmative.
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| Description | Third volume. Contents: Dundee court-martial records, 1651 / edited by Godfrey Davies -- The bishop of Galloway's correspondence, 1679-1685 / edited by William Douglas -- The diary of Sir James Hope, 1646-1654 / edited by Sir James Balfour Paul -- Instructions for the trial of Patrick Graham, 1476 / edited by Robert Kerr Hannay -- The Scottish contributions to the distressed church of France, 1622 / edited by D. Hay Fleming -- The Forbes baron court book, 1659-1678 / edited by J. Maitland Thomson. |
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