Jurors (Scotland) Act 1745
Territorial extent | Scotland |
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Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Treason Act 1945 |
Status: Repealed |
The Jurors (Scotland) Act 1745Juries (Scotland) Acts 1745 to 1869.[4]
It enacted that anyone who was prosecuted for high treason could be tried anywhere in
first Jacobite Rising
.
The Act also changed the criteria for jury service in trials for high treason and misprision of treason committed in Scotland.
It was repealed by section 2(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Treason Act 1945.
Other legislation
Another Act in the same year,
19 Geo. 2. c. 26, stated that people named in the Act would automatically be attainted
of treason unless they surrendered to the authorities by 12 July 1746.
See also
- Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1745
- Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747
- High treason in the United Kingdom
- Treason Act
References
- ^ short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ The Statutes: Revised Edition, 1871, vol 2, p 499
- ^ Anno Regni Georgii II. Thomas and Robert Baskett. London. 1745. p 179
- ^ The Short Titles Act 1896 section 2(1) and Schedule 2