OS1/11/105/90 | ScotlandsPlaces

List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY AND EXCHEQUER COURT				[continued from page 89] Formerly the title of Lord [Justice] General was a nominal title and was bestowed on some noble man the functions are now vested in the Lord President. All Criminal Causes Come before this court at the instance of the Lord Advocate who is the public prosecutor, The trials are by jury. The Court is Composed of not less than [three] judges. There is no appeal from this Court except to the clemency of the Sovereign. Previous [to] 1839 there were five Lords of Justiciary specially appointed along with the Lord Justice [General] and the Lord Justice Clerk with separate salaries but by the act of that year the [duties of the] court of Justiciary, Jury Court, Exchequer Court, and Admiralty are all performed by [the Court] of Session. The range of buildings in which are held The Court of Session and The High [Court] of Justiciary is a handson range in the Grecian Style of architecture and is perfect [---] [----uity] with the adjoining buildings in the Parliament Square which consists of the County [---] The Signet Hall and Library, The Parliament House, The Exchequer Offices, The Union BanK the Police Chambers, At different periods most of these buildings were nearly destroy [destroyed by] fire particularly in 1824 but since that time they have been built in the present [---] Style.

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Parish of the City of Edinburgh

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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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