A cause, carried on at the instance of the Sheriff principal, before the sheriff-depute, was advocated. – An action being pursued by my Lord Sanquhar before the sheriff depute in Nithsdale, against William Chrichton of Ryhill, for cutting of the said Lord’s green wood: The same was advocated to the Lords directly against the tenor of the act of Parliament anent cutting and destroying of woods.
[1611] Mor 365
Bailii
Scotland
Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.544317