1796
GamblingCommon LawInterdictBankruptcySequestrationStatuteWilliam Sprott, Solicitor-at-Law and Procurator-Fiscal for the City of Edinburgh, answered a bill of advocation in which Patrick Frazer, Walter Berry, and Henry Farquharson sought to have the Magistrates' interlocutor and interdict against their lotteries remitted on the ground that private lotteries were lawful. Sprott contested this argument, maintaining that private lotteries were illegal and defending the magisterial prohibition. The case thus raised the question of the lawfulness of private lotteries, with the defenders seeking to overturn the interdict and the pursuer supporting the magistrates' authority to enforce it.AI-generated
Documents in this case (2)
- William Sprott v. Patrick Frazer — Bill of Advocation, 5 Jul 1796July 5, 1796 Bill of Advocation of Patrick Frazer, Walter Berry, and Henry Farquharson, asking the Court to remit the Magistrates' interlocutor and interdict against their lotteries.
- William Sprott v. Patrick Frazer — Answers, 6 Jul 1796July 6, 1796 Answers by William Sprott, Solicitor-at-Law, Procurator-Fiscal for the City of Edinburgh, to the bill of advocation for Patrick Fraser and others, responding to the argument that private lotteries are lawfu…
People & places in this case
People involved
- William Sprott — Pursuer
- Patrick Frazer — Defender
- Walter Berry — Defender
- Henry Farquharson — Pursuer
