Act, 12 March 1705, Edinburgh

Edinburgh 16th January 1705

D1705/1/8

D1705/1/8¹

Act

Act in favours of Anna Cheisley

Annent the petition given in and presented, unto the Lord high Chancellor, and remanent Lords of her Majesties privie Councill by Anna Cheisley² Shewing That their petitioner though her youthfull weakness and Simplicity, hath been unhappily Seduced into the folly and crymes, For which the Magistrats of Edinburgh by their act the Second of January instant, appoynted their petitioner to be carried to the correction house to remaine therin untill their Lordships disposed of her by banishment or otherwayes, She Shall not presume to reclaime against the Sentence of the Magistrats of Edinburgh, but with grieff and sorrow of heart take Shame and confusion of face to herselfe for her faults and offences, And therfore humbly begg libertie to lay her case befor their Lordships that never haveing been accused nor brought before any Magistrat for any misbehaviour of hers befor that tyme, It Seemed to have been eneugh of Saverity that She had been putt in the Correction house, But Suppose She were convicted of all that She was charged with, Yet She could only be subject to Such punishment as the Law prescrybes in these cases, which are neither Transportation nor banishment, and with all Submission She might presume to say that by the Act for preventing wrongous Imprisonment, She could not Summarly be appoynted to be transported to the plantations upon any Recommendation to their Lordships from the Magistrats of Edinburgh, without her own consent, But to Satisfie their Lordships how much She was ashamed of her own wayes, She was Satisfied to enact herselfe, To depairt furth of the Kingdome not to return without their Lordships permission, And therfore Craving to the effect aftermentioned, as the said petition bears, The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill having Considered the above petition given in to them by Anna Cheisley Daughter to John Cheisley Merchant in Edinburgh, And the samen being read in their presence, The Saids Lords Doe heirby appoynt and Ordaine the petitioner to be Sett at liberty furth of the Correction house of Edinburgh, upon her enacting herselfe in the books of privie Councill that She Shall depairt furth of this Kingdome within fourtie eight hours after her liberation, and Shall not returne therto, without the Councills leave and permission for that effect, under the pain of being transported to her Majesties plantations in America, And Appoynts and Ordaines the petitioners wearing cloaths, and other other things taken from her when She was Seized to be delivered back to her and restored.