John Roger & George Cockburn sentenced for assault

On Monday last, in consequence of a complaint, at the instance of the Procurator Fiscal of Court, the Justices of Peace here passed sentence against John Roger and George Cockburn, to pay a fine of  Five Pounds each, or to be confined two months in Bridewell unless the fines are sooner paid, in terms of the Police and Watch Act, for an assault and outrage on the person of Mr Baird, in the Watch House, while discharging his official duty as Superintendant of the Watch of this City.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 21st July 1819.

Alexander Cran fined for crop damaged by dog

A complaint having been lately brought by a Gentleman, before the Justices of the Peace for the district of Turriff, against Alexander Cran, a farm-servant in the parish of Auchterless, for allowing two large dogs to hunt or range through a field of corn, when nearly ripe, by which a great part of it was trampled down and destroyed; and also for his insolent and outrageous conduct to said gentleman, when stopped and questioned by him as to his having done so.  The Justices, upon investigating the matter, found the complaint fully proven, and ordained the said Alexander Cran to pay the sum of Five Pounds sterling, in name of fine and damages, and also found him liable in expences. - The Justices having also taken into consideration, that it is a practice very common in that part of the country for farm-servants, when travelling on the public roads with their masters' horses, to have large dogs along with them, which they allow to range thro' the fields adjacent to the road, to the great depredation and damage of the crop on the ground, and also to the great danger and annoyance of cattle and sheep; we understand that they therefore determined to use every means in their power, for putting a stop to the same in future; and it is hoped, that after this public notification, farmers will be careful to prevent their servants from taking dogs along with them, when travelling with their horses and carts.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 9th December 1818.

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.

John Rae, merchant

I, JOHN RAE, merchant in Aberdeen, having upon the 8th day of May current, in an improper manner, interfered with, and obstructed Mr FIDDES, Landsurveyor of H.M. Customs at this port, while in the execution of his duty; but having done so, under the influence of misapprehension, in in the heat of passion, I have seen my error; and the Honourable the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, Edinburgh, having, at the request of Mr FIDDES, condescended to wave a prosecution, on my paying a fine, and entering into an engagement with security for my future good behaviour, and agreeing to apologize in the Aberdeen Newspaper; I accordintly, in this public manner, express my regret for my improper and unguarded conduct towards Mr FIDDES. 

JOHN RAE.

Aberdeen, 27th May, 1813.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 2nd June 1813.