Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747
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Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747
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The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 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, Forfarshire, Banff, Sutherland, Caithness, Elgine, Ross, and Orkney. Normally a crime had to be tried in th
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriffs_(Scotland)_Act_1747
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2023-08-29T18:04:51Z
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