Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Alexander Govan, Merchant of Glasgow.

(Scots Law. Land Dispute)

Published by [s.n.], [s.n.], 1793

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4to, pp. 16. Stitched as issued. First page soiled, sometime folded horizontally into thirds. A petition on behalf of merchant Alexander Govan, appealing a decision to not levy penalties on Thomas Lang, flesher, whose sheep ?became an absolute nuisance to the neighbourhood, breaking through all the fences, and destroying every green thing? in the fields adjoining the Glasgow to Edinburgh road near Kirkintulloch. Govan was awarded damages but claims that by statute he should also be awarded penalties proportional to the size of the offender?s herd. Aberdeen and Advocates Library only in ESTC. ESTC T207826.

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Title
Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Alexander Govan, Merchant of Glasgow.
Author
(Scots Law. Land Dispute)
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[s.n.], [s.n.]
Publication year
1793
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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.

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