A DIGEST

OF

THE LAW OF SCOTLAND,

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE

OFFICE AND DUTIES OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

OF

THE LAW OF SCOTLAND,

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE

OFFICE AND DUTIES OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

BY

HUGH BARCLAY, LL.D.,

SHERIFF-SUBSTITUTE OF PERTHSHIRE.

* All the Establishments formed by our ancestors, and supported by their descendants, were invented, and are mainly and principally maintained, in order that Justice may be duly administered between man and man.'--LORD BROUGHAM.

Dedication of the First Edition.

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DUNCAN M'NEILL,

LORD JUSTICE-GENERAL OF SCOTLAND;

WITH SINCERE RESPECT FOR HIS EMINENT TALENTS,

AND

WITH A GRATEFUL SENSE OF MUCH PERSONAL KINDNESS,

This Work

IS,

WITH HIS KIND PERMISSION,

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.