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98 THK HOUSE OF FAIIUJIUTH.
them, Carruthers, was upprehended \>y T.onl ITerrics,
who handed him over to Lord SaiHiuhiir on a pledge
of £1000 that he would be re-entered within a certain
time. When that time had elapsed Sanquhar made
difficulties, but was sued by the heirw of Lord lierries,
now deceased, for failing to implement his engagement
and he must immcdiatt^ly have come to terms, for
within a few days of the action (Jarruthers was put
upon his trial. The trial, however, was adjourned,
and we are left in ignorance of the conelu.sion of it.*
Soon after this the laird of Fairgirth was himself
receiving the particular attention of the Privy Council
on account of his actual misdeeds or supposed propen-
sities. On 2nd June 1G12 he was bound in a pledge
of 2000 merks to remain in Edinburgh, or within a
mile thereof, until relieved by the Council ; to produce
when called upon Andrew Hutton, his servant, and
James, John, and William Lindsay, his sons ; and to
see that John, ninth Lord Maxwell, and William
Douglas, sometime of Pinyeerie, should not be reset
or harboured by his (Lindsay's) wife or bairns.f
Maxwell and Douglas were fugitive from the law, the
former on account of the murder of the Laird of John-
stone, and the latter on account of many lawless deeds ;
and those who were supposed to be attached to the
house of Maxwell were put under penalty not to assist
the fugitives. But the pledge exacted from Lindsay
was probably intended also to ensure that he would
answer to a charge brought against him by the laird
* Rtg.Priv. Conn. Vol. XIV., Add. p. 514; Vol. VIII., p. 434;
Vol. IX., p. 144 ; Pitciirn, Chiminal Triah, Vol. lYl., p. 115.
t Reg. Priv. Goun., Vol. IX., p. 383.
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