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ſa corpora of the falſe oaths themſelves, to the Lord Juſtice Clerk, and by him delivered to the ſaid Lord Chief Baron, then Lord Advocate, to form an indictment of perjury againſt his reverend brethren for trial before the circuit court of juſticiary, but his Lordſhip, inſtead of fulfilling his indiſpenſible duty, reprimanded the ſheriff, ſecreted the falſe oaths, and not only quaſhed the indictment, but concurred with Dr Robertſon in vindication of the perjured brethren in our ſpiritual courts, and in a ſacrilegious alienation of the King's charity for their defence, and that at a period long poſterior to their conviction of forgery and perjury in the Court of Seſſion, at the ſuit of Lord Advocate himſelf, in an action of reduction and improbation of the annals of the preſbytery, totally falſe and forged, from the year 1762 to the year 1767 incluſive.

By theſe judgements and proceedings of Right Honourable miniſters of ſtate, and ruling elders of diſtinction in the church, it muſt be confeſſed that all the laws againſt theft, perjury and forgery, are caſſed, annulled, and diſabled, in treaſonable violation of the claim of right and magna charta of Scotland; but, in the preſent caſe, Mr Dickſon has repeated his charge of perjury againſt both the right honourable Lords before named in a contingent action of ſucceſſion and ſervice, as heir to his brother, depending before the Lord Provoſt, and a reverend jury of the miniſters of Edinburgh; and it is exceedingly agreeable to be informed, (as he hopes truly) that the firſt oath of the Lord Chief Baron, before recited, is a falſe oath, forged for him by Mr Dalglieſh, and his reverend brethren in the ſpiritual court of