The Court Of Session Garland

Author : James Maidment
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ISBN 13 : 9781331037477
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Court of Session Garland (Classic Reprint) written by James Maidment and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Court of Session Garland Sometimes, too, the same story is told of different persons; thus some versions of the anecdote at page 76, represent the late Bayn Whyt, Esq. W.S., as the mischievous person who tormented Sir James Colquhoun, Baronet, when a principal Clerk of Session, by making faces at him; it is not very material whether the Barrister, or the Writer to the Signet, was the offending party, if the fact be true, -;-and that such a scene did actually take place cannot reasonably be doubted for besides the distinct recollection of an old gentlemen on the subject, who died some years since, and from whom the story was first obtained, there are still surviving, various persons who, although not present, have heard the circumstances detailed, and who received them as perfectly genuine, shortly after the time when they are alleged to have taken place. The Editor has been informed that the Competition between the Lakes, was written in imitation of the style in which the late Eobert Craigie, Esq. (afterwards Lord Mr Whyt was Adjutant of the Edinburgh Volunteers when commanded by Lord President Hope, with whom he was a great favourite. He had an excellent business, and was considered a most upright and able agent. In the latter part of his life he became very corpulent, and when on horseback, resembled in size the late Colonel Teasdale. Eobert, son of John Craigie, Esq. of Kilgraston, was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1776. After having been several years Sheriff-depute for Dumfriesshire, he was raised to the Bench in 1811. Upon his demise in 1834, he was succeeded by Lord Cockburn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.