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Crime and Punishment

Wee County Justice

Don’t mess with folk from the Wee County…

In 1699, Rob Livingston, found guilty of stealing sheep, was whipped out of Clackmannan (after a few laps of the town), stark naked, with the sheep’s head and feet round his neck, and was banished on pain of hanging.

References

Wallace, J. (1890) The sheriffdom of Clackmannan; a sketch of its history with lists of its sheriffs and excerpts from the records of court .James Thin, Edinburgh pp.74-75.