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Walker presented a petition or complaint to the sheriff of Kincardineshire, in virtue of the 6 Geo. IV. c. 24, whereby a power of deciding claims not above £8, in a summary way, is conferred on sheriffs, concluding for payment of £6, on account of multures alleged to have been abstracted, more than five years before, by the defender Finlay. No evidence was adduced by Walker; but the sheriff, proceeding upon Finlay's statement in defence viva voce , decerned against him for the sum claimed, with expences.
For the Pursuer of the reduction, Dean of Fac. (Cranstoun) Skene. John Jameson, Agent. For the Defender, Sol. Gen. (Hope) Menzies. G. R. Kinloch, Agent. M'K. Clerk.
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