Act, 20 February 1701, Edinburgh

Procedure, 30 December 1701, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the tuentieth day of Febrwary Jai vijc and one

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Act

Act The Magistrats of Elgine

Anent a petition given in to the Lords of His majesties privie Councill by The Magistrats and Toun councill of Elgine humblie Shewing That Robert Gibson of Linwood was Imprisoned by the petitioners in their Tolbooth as Furious And haveing comitted severall insults both wpon the Inhabitants And these who did occasionally resort to the said Burgh att the desyre of the Neighbouring Gentrie And for the safetie of the publict peace But now in the petitioners absence when they were necessitated to come up the saids Lords in a Councill process against them The said Robert Gibson on the tuenty sixth of october last sett Fyre to the Tolbooth of the burgh And without possibilitie of qwenching it in the Night tyme the same was utterly burned Heirby They were necessitat in the first place to apply to the saids Lords for removeing of the said Robert Gibson the indenciary to some prisone in another place And in the mean tyme to grant warrant to the petitioners to putt shackles on him when he is Furious lest he should escape and doe prejudice to any Inhabitants before the convenieing of Transporting him And in the nixt place that Their Lordships would Declair the petitioners free from receiving prisoners for privat debts til their Tolbooth could be rebult because of the extraordinarines of the case The truth of what is above advanced is notorious and could be attested by severalls wpon the place And Therfore Craving to the effect aftermentioned As the said petition bears The Lords of his Majesties privie councill haveing considered the above petition given in to them by the above Magistrats of Elgine They heirby Allow the saids petitioners to putt shakles upon the said Robert Gibson in tyme of his Furious violence to the Inhabitants As Also the saids Lords Have Declaired and heirby Declairs the petitioners to be free from receiveing prisoners into their Tolbooth untill the terme of Whisunday Jai vijc three years Betuixt and which the said Lords appoynts the petitioners to have the Tolbooth rebuilt and in readienes

Att Edinburgh the tuentieth day of Febrwary Jai vijc and one

D1701/2/231

Act

Act The Magistrats of Elgine

Anent a petition given in to the Lords of His majesties privie Councill by The Magistrats and Toun councill of Elgine humblie Shewing That Robert Gibson of Linwood was Imprisoned by the petitioners in their Tolbooth as Furious And haveing comitted severall insults both wpon the Inhabitants And these who did occasionally resort to the said Burgh att the desyre of the Neighbouring Gentrie And for the safetie of the publict peace But now in the petitioners absence when they were necessitated to come up the saids Lords in a Councill process against them The said Robert Gibson on the tuenty sixth of october last sett Fyre to the Tolbooth of the burgh And without possibilitie of qwenching it in the Night tyme the same was utterly burned Heirby They were necessitat in the first place to apply to the saids Lords for removeing of the said Robert Gibson the indenciary to some prisone in another place And in the mean tyme to grant warrant to the petitioners to putt shackles on him when he is Furious lest he should escape and doe prejudice to any Inhabitants before the convenieing of Transporting him And in the nixt place that Their Lordships would Declair the petitioners free from receiving prisoners for privat debts til their Tolbooth could be rebult because of the extraordinarines of the case The truth of what is above advanced is notorious and could be attested by severalls wpon the place And Therfore Craving to the effect aftermentioned As the said petition bears The Lords of his Majesties privie councill haveing considered the above petition given in to them by the above Magistrats of Elgine They heirby Allow the saids petitioners to putt shakles upon the said Robert Gibson in tyme of his Furious violence to the Inhabitants As Also the saids Lords Have Declaired and heirby Declairs the petitioners to be free from receiveing prisoners into their Tolbooth untill the terme of Whisunday Jai vijc three years Betuixt and which the said Lords appoynts the petitioners to have the Tolbooth rebuilt and in readienes

1. NRS, PC2/28, 36r-v.

1. NRS, PC2/28, 36r-v.