THE

SCOTTISH JUSTICES'

MANUAL;

BEING

AN ALPHABETICAL COMPENDIUM

OF THE

POWERS AND DUTIES

OF

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

WITHIN SCOTLAND,

AND OF THOSE POINTS OF LAW WHICH THEY ARE MOST

FREQUENTLY CALLED UPON TO DECIDE.

WITH AN APPENDIX

OF FORMS, STATUTES, &c.

AND A COPIOUS INDEX.

BY

WILLIAM BLAIR, ESQ. ADVOCATE,

FORMERLY ONE OF THE ACTING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

OF THE COUNTY OF LINLITHGOW.

EDINBURGH:

THOMAS CLARK, LAW-BOOKSELLER.

MDCCCXXXIV.

KDC 860 .B 63

PRINTED BY J. THOMSON, MILNE SQUARE, EDINBURGH.

ONE OF THE SENATORS OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE,

UNDERTAKEN AT THE KIND SUGGESTION

WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF THE HIGHEST REGARD,