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Circuit /C(m.lllrt§ 1672 From 1514 to 1628 the office ofjustice general ofall Scotland was held by the earls of Argyll. After 1628, the office was surrendered to the Crown but under reservation to the Campbell family of the justiciary of Argyll and the Isles which was held by the Campbells until the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 In 1672, after various attempts to grapple with the administration ofcriminal justice outside Edinburgh, the former system of appointing justice deputes was brought to an end; and instead, the justice general, thejusticeclerkandfive lords ofsession (who were lrgYlI ()Justiciary~ o ca already remunerated in respect of their civil judgeships) were charged with jurisdiction in criminal causes. Two of these 'lords commissioners of justiciary' were appointed to keep courts at .the circuit towns which are shown on the map. In general, each circuit court dealt with the crimes which had been committed within the counties within the circuit. Later, the circuits came to be referred to by the points of the compass, north, south, west and home; and the circuits were modified to meet the changes in population and the incidence of crime. kms Argyll Justiciary 0 25 50 75 • I ,, , 100 ! ! Circuit towns 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles Circuit courts 1672 PGBM 223

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