The speeches and judgement of the right honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, defender / Accurately taken down and published by William Anderson.

  • Scotland. Court of Session.
Date:
1768
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Credit: The speeches and judgement of the right honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, defender / Accurately taken down and published by William Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3* Did any of your Lordfhips ever read or hear of fuch a conduct ? I confefs I never did. The fecond material fact upon the part of the defender is to prove the exiftence of a Ma¬ dame le Brun, in whofe houfe Lady Jane was delivered; for, if there was no Madame le Brun, it is impoftible to believe one jot of the ftory. Here again the ground flips from under my feet: There is not more evidence of the exiftence of a Madame le Brun than there is of a Pier la Marr. No fuch perfon can be found; even no fuch name, I mean of Ma¬ dame le Brun who kept a hotel, occurs in the capitation-rolls of any kind. The defender is fain to fuppofe, that the Madame le Brun, in whofe houfe Lady Jane Was delivered, was a garde malade. This how¬ ever is incredible: It was never once infinua- ted by Sir John or Mrs Iiewit, not even in the letter wrote by Mrs Hewit to the maids, though a circumftance remarkable, and which, in thefe letters, fell naturally to be mentioned. Sir John hints as if fhe had been recom¬ mended by Godefroy: This is falfe : The proof now points as if fhe had been recommended by La Marr. Had this been fo, Sir John could