Excerpt from Reports of Certain Remarkable Cases in the Court of Session, and Trials in the High Court of Justiciary, 1813 Son years ago, the Author having occasion, in the course of his professional duty, to take notes of the opinions of the Judges of our Supreme Courts, in several of the following cases, was led to think, from the advantages in point of fulness and accuracy which the habit of writing short hand afforded, that the publication of these opi nions, with Reports of the Cases, might not be un acceptable, either to the Profession, or perhaps, in some instances, to the general reader. With this view, he proceeded to enlarge his matter, by the addition of the most important cases, from time to time, as they happened to occur; select ing chiefly such as, being rather of a popular na ture, might have an interest beyond what mere technical questions can ever possess; and adding, for the same reason, the Trials and other proceeds ings before the High Court of Justiciary. The Whole is now offered as a specimen of what the Author may probably continue, if the present at tempt should meet with the public approbation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.