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Old Ecclesiastical Records of Badenoch. 421
the Session, and gave in a petition, showing that the faithless
Janet ha I "deserted him these five years past, not knowing qr
she is." Poor Donald's patience had ai)parently become quite
exhausted, and he beseeches the Session " that he might have
liberty to marry anoyr." The Session considered the case of
such an intricate nature, that we are told they referred the
matter to the Presbytery, but T have been unable to trace whether
Donald subsequently obtained the " liberty " he so ardently desired.
Here is one of many similar entries of "grievous scandals "
and "breach of Sabbath":
^^ July 0th, 1727.— The Session do iind the following account
to be true and genuine, namely, that upon the eleventh of June,
being the Lord's day, it happened that Alister Roy, in Croft's
sheep, had run into Donald Ban, in Dell of Killiehuntly's corn,
and Donald Ban's wife hastening to take ym away in order to
house them, Alister Roy's wife and daitghter came and took them
away by force, qrupon the said jNIarjorie craved a pledge qch was
refused, and then she went and took away a door as pledge brevi
mamt ; then Alister Roy's wife and daughter took hold of her and
pulled and tore ye linnens off her head, and gave her several
scandalous names, upon qch Donald Ban came out and attacked
the said Alister, and had some blows with hands and feet,
hinc inde."
In a subsequent minute we tind a "John M'Lawrence and
James Robertson in Brae-Ruthven " delated foi' being both drunk
on the Lord's day.