Fyvie farms

FARMS TO BE LET IN THE PARISH OF FYVIE,

To be Let, and entered to at Whitsunday first,

for such number of years as may be agreed on,

THE following FARMS on the ESTATE of MUIRS of FYVIE, viz.:-

NETHER MUIRFUNDLAND, possessed by Robert Smith,

SOUTH BADIECHELL,                           by George Law,

MID BADIECHELL,                                 by - Gerard,

OVER HILL,                                             by W. Alexander.

The Two last Farms may be subdivided into commodious Crofts, to suit the conveniency of Candidates.

The Boundaries will be pointed out by James Gordon, in South Blachree, the Ground Officer on the Estate; and every other information will be given by John Brown at Netherdale, by whom offers in writing will be received.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 31st December 1817.

Court cases

At a Justice of Peace Court lately held at Turriff, in an action at the instance of Mr Chisholm in Lendrum, against a female servant for disobedience of orders, and deserting her service, - the Justices fined her in the forfeiture of her wages, and twenty shillings.

On Monday, John Brown, a vagrant, who had been detected in the act of stealing some wearing apparel from a farm house in the parish of Fyvie, where he had been charitably allowed a night's lodgings, was sentenced by the Sheriff, to confinement and hard labour in Bridewell, for six months.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 7th May 1817.

Farm lease at Inverkeithny

FARM TO LET.

To be Let, and entered to immediately,

THE Farm of ARDFOUR on the estate of Netherdale, in the parish of Inverkeithny, and county of Banff, as at present occupied by Captain FYFE.

This Farm is of an early, grateful soil, and too well known to require any particular description.

John Brown, overseer at Netherdale, will shew the Marches; and the Farm will be let at the house of Netherdale, on Friday the 17th of January current.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 8th January 1817.

Trials of James Elrick, Alexander Walker & George Lyon

On Monday last, the Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened here by the Right Hon. the Lords JUSTICE CLERK and HERMAND.

The first case that occupied the attention of the Court was that of James Elrick, residenter in Aberdeen, accused of various acts of theft, and of being habit and repute a thief.  To the first part of the charge the Pannel pled guilty; and the libel having been restricted to an arbitrary punishment he received sentence of transportation for 14 years.

The Court afterwards proceeded to the trial of Alexander Walker, alias John Brown, accused of horse-stealing; as well as being habit and repute a thief, aggravated by his having returned from banishment for the same crime.  To the whole of this charge, the Prisoner pleaded guilty.  The Advocate Depute, from the state of Walker's mind, and other circumstances, was induced to restrict the libel in his case also to an arbitrary punishment.

Tuesday Morning, the Court met again, when Walker received sentence of transportation for life, after a suitable admonition from Lord HERMAND.

The Court next proceeded to the case of George Lyon, Vintner, and eldest Baillie of the Burgh of Inverury accused of malversation of office, in having celebrated Clandestine Marriages, and taken and received pecuniary recompence.  The libel proceded on the Act, 1661, cap. 34; and also on the Common Law. - JAMES GORDON and HUGH LUMSDEN, Esquires, Advocates, appeared as Counsel for Mr Lyon, and stated various objections to the relevancy of the libel, as laid in the indictment, the greater part of which, after considerable discussion, were sustained; and that part only of the indictment which charged the pannel with receiving pecuniary recompence was found relevant; Mr Lyon denied the whole of the charge; and his Counsel declared their readiness to meet the Public Prosecutor on it; but Mr HORNE, Advocate Depute, from various circumstances, moved the Court to desert the diet PRO LOCO ET TEMPORE.  The Lord Justice Clerk observed that, between the present case, and that which occurred at Jedburgh last circuit, there was a marked distinction, in so far as that the pannel in the latter, were accused, and found guilty, of assuming the clerical profession, and in that characater celebrating marriages according to the established forms of our national church; whereas in the present instance, no such accusation appeared. - Lord Hermand coincided in opinion with his Lordship, and Mr Lyon was dismissed from the bar.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 23rd September 1812.