| Arrest | Yes |
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| Confronting Suspects | No |
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Notes: His son requested that he either be tried or released on bail at 500 merks Scots. He claims his father was slandered by 'dispossesed' people with accusations of witchcraft. He wanted to be tried either at the circuit court or at the High Court in Edinburgh. The commissioners (not specificed) said that the officials in Galloway either have to release him or pay to move him to Edinburgh tolbooth. Otherwise, short has to pay his own expences to Edinburgh and summon witnesses.