Act, 27 December 1694, Edinburgh

Edinburgh the Twentie day of December J^aj vj^c nyntie four years

D1694/12/24

D1694/12/24¹

Act

Act Androw Wood of Balbegno

Anent a Petition given in to the Lords of ther Majesties privy Councill be Andrew Wood younger of Balbegno Shewing That quheras the petitioner being Conveened before the saids Lords at the instance of George Mackenzie in Stonhave[n] and severall of the tennents of Halgreen for ane alledged Ryot against them and in obedience to the Citatione he hade attended these four or five Councill dayes In order to have vindicat himself but the pursuers knowing they Could not prove nothing have deserted And seing the petitioner have been at vast expenses attending their dyet and in comeing above sixtie mylles and that this proces is raised out of meer malice against the petitioner in order to put him to needless expenses and trouble (which his present Circumstances is nowayes able to bear) And seing the Citation is peremptor and ought to be attended So, and yet non of them appearing these five Councill dayes by past to have proven their Lybell Conforme to Law, as also they have Maliciously and invertively raised letters of Laborrowes before the saids Lords against the petitioner on purpose utterly to ruine him for all quhich they have nothing to Law to his Charge bot that he endeavored to rescue the Laird of Halgreen from being barbarously murdered by those his oun tennants who conveened themselves numerously against him for that effect, By the instigatione of one Baillie Coutts in Montross who mostly Concernes himself in that Laborrowes without the least ground the petitioner being Conscious of his Innocencie and that ther cannot be the least probation of any thing Lybelled against him And Therfore Humbly Supplicating the saids Lords to the effect aftermentioned The Lords of ther majesties privy Councill having Considered this petition given in to them be the above Androw Wood younger of Balbegno They hereby allow the above George Mckenzie and others persewers in the above process to see and answer the same and in the meantime Grants letters of Farder dilligence by Captions at the instance of the saids pursuers against the witnesses cited before the Councill upon the thrid Tuseday of Jannuary nixt And in the mean time allowed the petitioner to goe home till that day.