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[1733] Mor 11736      
Subject_1 PRISONER.
Subject_2 SECT. I.

Power, - Duty, - Liability of Magistrates relative to Prisoners.

Henderson
 v.
Magistrates of Irvine

Date: 4 July 1733
Case No. No 65.

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Magistrates found liable for the debt upon a prisoner's escape, in respect the prison was not sufficient; for, though there were cat-bands on the door, they were on the inside, to undo which the prisoner had ready access. See Appendix.

 Fol. Dic. v. 2. p. 170.

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