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Refusal of Trial by Jury 39 



Agent's Letter to the Lord-Advocate 40 



Questions in the House of Commons and Lord Advocate's Reply 42 



Reflections suggested by his Lordship's Refusal 43 



Protest by seven Members of Parliament in the Times 45 



The Trial is commenced before Sheriff Blair the Indictment. ... 48 



The Jurisdiction of the Court objected to and sustained 50 



The Charge of Deforcement objected to found Irrelevant 



Prisoners only charged with a Common Assault 53 



Evidence for the Prosecution 56 



Prisoners' Declarations 73 



Evidence for the Defence 75 



Mr. Kenneth Macdonald's Address for the Accused 79 



Sheriff Blair's Judgment and Sentence 86 



Fines Paid, and the Men Liberated 88 



The Autumn Campaign : 



Service of Writs at Gedintaillear in September 89 



The Sheriff Officers again in the Braes 90 



Lord Macdonald visits the Braes 93 



Proposal to send a Military Force 93 



Final attempt to Serve the Writs 94 



Effect of Courier Special Correspondence loo 



Munificent offer by Malcolm Mackenzie, and Correspondence.... IOI 



Military force refused Letter from the Lord- Advocate 107 



Meeting of Police Committee for the County 108 



Meeting of Commissioners of Supply Report by Sheriff Ivory. . 109 



Police authorities throughout the country refuse Police aid 113 



Settlement of the Braes Dispute .. 114 



The Social Revolution in Glendale : 



The Glendale Crofters' case in the Court of Session 115 



Alleged Deforcement of Sheriff Officer 117 



Gunboat and Government Official in Glendale 118 



Meeting of the people with Government Official 119 



John Macpherson and two others surrender and go to Edinburgh 123 



They are arrested, on the way, in Glasgow 124 



They appear before the Court of Session 125 



