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Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, Virginia, United States.The population as of the 2010 Census was 203. [1] Located on State Route 31 (the John Rolfe Highway), Scotland is the southern terminus and headquarters of the Jamestown Scotland Ferry, a crossing service of the James River operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).
The inquiry into the Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning at Dingwall Sheriff Court, September 1922. The Ross and Cromarty Commissioners of Supply served as the main administrative body for the county from 1667 until 1890 when the county council was created and took over most of the commissioners' functions. In the early 19th century, the ...
The Jamestown Ferry (also known as the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry) is a free automobile and bus ferry service across a navigable portion of the James River in Virginia. It carries State Route 31 , connecting Jamestown in James City County with Scotland Wharf in Surry County .
A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to £100,000, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.
Plaque on the front of the building. Until the mid-19th century, court hearings were held in the old town house in Linlithgow. [2] After finding this arrangement unsatisfactory, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse: the site they selected, on the south side of the High Street, had been occupied by Archbishop John Hamilton's house in the 16th century.
A sheriff-substitute, who was resident in Peterhead, was first appointed in 1841. [1] In the 1860s, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse for the town. The site they selected was on the southwest side of Queen Street. [2] The foundation stone for the new building was laid with full masonic honours on 16 August 1869.
The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified advocates and took charge of sheriff courts. [2] By the nineteenth century, the office of sheriff principal was an additional title held by the lord lieutenant of the county , and the Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1828 ( 9 Geo. 4 .
Although sheriff court hearings have taken place in Fort William since 1794, [2] [3] a prison, with a courtroom, was only established in the town in 1849. [4] In the early 1870s, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse for the area. The site they selected was on the southeast side of the High Street, just to the west of the ...