Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747
The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 (21 Geo.II c.19) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which applied only to Scotland. It stated that anyone who was prosecuted on or after 1 April 1748 for treason or misprision of treason could be tried anywhere in Scotland if the crime had been committed in any of the shires of Dunbartain, Stirling, Perth, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Inverness, Nairn, Cromarty, Argyll, Forfar, Banff, Sutherland, Caithness, Elgine, Ross, and Orkney. Normally a crime had to be tried in the shire where it had been committed. The Act also said that in such a trial, the jurors could come from adjoining counties, instead of (as would otherwise be the case) the county where the trial was held.
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Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747
The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 (21 Geo.II c.19) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which applied only to Scotland. It stated that anyone who was prosecuted on or after 1 April 1748 for treason or misprision of treason could be tried anywhere in Scotland if the crime had been committed in any of the shires of Dunbartain, Stirling, Perth, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Inverness, Nairn, Cromarty, Argyll, Forfar, Banff, Sutherland, Caithness, Elgine, Ross, and Orkney. Normally a crime had to be tried in the shire where it had been committed. The Act also said that in such a trial, the jurors could come from adjoining counties, instead of (as would otherwise be the case) the county where the trial was held.
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The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 17 ...... y another Act, 33 Geo.II c.26.
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An Act for the more effectual ...... her Purposes therein mentioned
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Parliament of Great Britain
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Sheriffs Act 1747
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The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 17 ...... unty where the trial was held.
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