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<NAME>Paul Schaffner</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>PROCLAMATION</HI> For Apprehending five Per&s;ons declared Fugitives, by the Commi&s;&s;ion of <HI>Ju&s;tici|ary</HI> for the <HI>Highlands.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of God, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; To <GAP DESC="blank"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, Conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially Con&s;titute, Greeting; Fora&s;much, as it hath been &s;ignified to the Lords of Our Privy Council, by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Ju&s;ticiary for the middle Di&s;trict of the <HI>Highlands,</HI> that <HI>Duncan Stuart,</HI> alias <HI>Shankie, Patrick M^cilgla&s;s-Fergu&s;on, John</HI> late <HI>M^cgregor</HI> in <HI>Renneck, Duncan Roy, M^cilphatrick</HI> late <HI>M^cgregor</HI> in <HI>Pollockro,</HI> and <HI>John M^cclaran</HI> Buy in <HI>Torray,</HI> are all Fugitives from the Law, and Intercommuned for Stouth-Rieff, and other Capital Crimes; and that therefore it is fit a Proclamation were Emitted for Apprehending the &s;aids five Fugitives dead or alive, with a competent Reward to the Apprehender. Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to Authorize and Order; Likeas we hereby Order and Authorize, all Our Officers Civil or Military, and all others, to u&s;e all Diligence for Apprehending the fore&s;aids five Per&s;ons alive if po&s;&s;ib1e, or in ca&s;e of Re&s;i&s;tance dead or alive: and if alive, to bring and Secure their Per&s;ons in the fir&s;t Pri&s;on, there to remain till they Underly the Law. And for the Encouragement of the &s;aid Appre|hender, Apprehending any, or all the &s;aids per&s;ons, We do further promi&s;e to the &s;aid Apprehender, the Reward of ten Pounds <HI>Sterling</HI> for each of the &s;aids Per&s;ons that &s;hall be Apprehended, as &s;aid is; and Requires the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Our The&s;aury to make due Payment of the &s;ame. And further, it is hereby Declared, that if any of the &s;aids five Per&s;ons &s;hall Appre|hend, or bring in the other four, or any of them, he &s;hall for &s;o doing, be Indemnified for the &s;aid Crime, for which he is declared Fugitive, and like|wi&s;e receive the &s;aid Reward promi&s;ed to any of Our Leidges in manner fore|&s;aid. And la&s;tly, We with Advice fore&s;aid, do hereby fully Remit, Pardon, and Indemni&s;ie any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, who endeavouring to Apprehend the &s;aids Fugitives, &s;hall in ca&s;e of their Re&s;i&s;tance. Mutilat or Kill any of them, or of their A&s;&s;i&s;tants, a&s;&s;i&s;ting them by Force; of the &s;aid Mutilation and Slaughter, to all Intents and Purpo&s;es, as Amplie as if they had a Remi&s;|&s;ion Exped under Our Great Seal for the &s;ame. <HI>Our Will is herefore,</HI> and We Charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that in continent thir Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the haill Head-Burghs and Stewartries of this Our Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation make publick Intimation hereof. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the third day of Augu&s;t, and of our Reign the Ninth year, <HI>1697</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE>
Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <SIGNED><HI>GILB. ELIOT</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD Save the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom,</HI> 1697.</P>
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