[1599/7/9]¹

Legislation

Regarding informers against breakers of arrestments and deforcements

The king's majesty and estates presently convened statute and ordain that in all time coming the party informer of his majesty's treasurer and advocate and pursuer with them against the committers of any deforcements or breakers of any arrestments shall have for their part the equal half of the escheated goods of the persons that shall be found guilty by the said pursuits, to the effect they may be the more better encouraged to give their information and concurrence to the trial and punishment of the said offences.