This is what I found Doug but somehow it doesn't seem to fit or is there something I'm missing??? http://www.bootlegbooks.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/data/621.html To put to the horn. To denounce as a rebel, or pronounce a person an outlaw, for not answering to a summons. In Scotland the messenger-at-arms goes to the Cross of Edinburgh and gives three blasts with a horn before he heralds the judgment of outlawry. "A king's messenger must give three blasts with his horn, by which the person is understood to be proclaimed rebel to the king for contempt of his authority." - Erskine: Institutes, book ii. 5. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Young" <d.m.young@earthlink.net> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] research fun Here are four 'ACCUSED' cases from the below listed site. WOW - pretty tough in those days. Present days law is much more considerate. I understand ' Transportation - Life' as meaning being sent to Australia for life but what does 'Outlawed and put to the horn' mean ????? Doug Young Accused Alexander Kelby, Address: [Barnslas]. Entry relating to the crime of forgery. Date of trial: 9 Sep 1803, Verdict: Outlawed, Verdict Comments: Outlaw and fugitive, Sentence: Outlawed and put to the horn Accused James Myres. Entry relating to the crime of theft and housebreaking. Date of trial: 11 Sep 1802, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Transportation - Life Accused William Carson, weaver, Address: Irvine, Ayrshire. Entry relating to the crime of theft and housebreaking. Date of trial: 13 Apr 1804, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Transportation - Life Accused Mary Thomson, sister of Robert Thomson, blacksmith at Nethermill, Kirkmichael parish, Address: Nethermill, Kirkmichael. Entry relating to the crime of child murder. Date of trial: 16 Sep 1802, Verdict: Outlawed, Verdict Comments: Outlaw and fugitive, Sentence: Outlawed and put to the horn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue V" <genealgal2@execulink.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:21 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] research fun > OK - so you have an hour or so to spare and would like a break from your > specific family research. > > Go to http://www.dswebhosting.info/nas/ > > and type in "Islay" in "Any Text" and see what comes up. When you click > on the number beside each item, more details are available. > > Cheerio > Sue Visser > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm __________ NOD32 1.1382 (20060127) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 1.1382 (20060127) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

Looks as if it could fit, if sounding the horn three times officially proclaimed the person as an outlaw, even for debt or what we might think of as civil offenses? There is also a definition in the Scottish Archive Network Ltd.'s Research Tools glossary: horning, letters of I'm paraphrasing... a mild form of diligence (legal action)...a letter in the monarch's name under signet seal. sent to a law officer authorizing him to charge someone who has defaulted...to perform as agreed within a specific time period, " under pain of being denounced rebel and 'put to the horn' ", if defaulter does not perform. Allows for defaulter's moveable property to be taken by the crown or sold to satisfy debt, etc. http://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/glossary_h.htm Diane Rogers British Columbia, Canada

SUE...THANK YOU. I never could have guessed that answer. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue V" <genealgal2@execulink.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] research fun > This is what I found Doug but somehow it doesn't seem to fit or is there > something I'm missing??? > > http://www.bootlegbooks.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/data/621.html > > To put to the horn. To denounce as a rebel, or pronounce a person an > outlaw, > for not answering to a summons. In Scotland the messenger-at-arms goes to > the Cross of Edinburgh and gives three blasts with a horn before he > heralds > the judgment of outlawry. > > "A king's messenger must give three blasts with his horn, by which the > person is understood to be proclaimed rebel to the king for contempt of > his > authority." - Erskine: Institutes, book ii. 5. > > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Young" <d.m.young@earthlink.net> > To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] research fun > > > > Here are four 'ACCUSED' cases from the below listed site. > WOW - pretty tough in those days. Present days law is much more > considerate. > I understand ' Transportation - Life' as meaning being sent to Australia > for > life > but what does 'Outlawed and put to the horn' mean ????? > > Doug Young > > Accused Alexander Kelby, Address: [Barnslas]. Entry relating to the > crime of forgery. Date of trial: 9 Sep 1803, Verdict: Outlawed, Verdict > Comments: Outlaw and fugitive, Sentence: Outlawed and put to the horn > Accused James Myres. Entry relating to the crime of theft and > housebreaking. Date of trial: 11 Sep 1802, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: > Transportation - Life > Accused William Carson, weaver, Address: Irvine, Ayrshire. Entry > relating to the crime of theft and housebreaking. Date of trial: 13 Apr > 1804, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Transportation - Life > Accused Mary Thomson, sister of Robert Thomson, blacksmith at > Nethermill, Kirkmichael parish, Address: Nethermill, Kirkmichael. Entry > relating to the crime of child murder. Date of trial: 16 Sep 1802, > Verdict: > Outlawed, Verdict Comments: Outlaw and fugitive, Sentence: Outlawed and > put > to the horn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue V" <genealgal2@execulink.com> > To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:21 AM > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] research fun > > >> OK - so you have an hour or so to spare and would like a break from your >> specific family research. >> >> Go to http://www.dswebhosting.info/nas/ >> >> and type in "Islay" in "Any Text" and see what comes up. When you click >> on the number beside each item, more details are available. >> >> Cheerio >> Sue Visser >> >> >> ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >> Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm >> >> > > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the > Virtual > Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm > > > __________ NOD32 1.1382 (20060127) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1382 (20060127) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 > visit: > HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ > >