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Competence of solicitors, &c., to act for defendants in Scotland.
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274. Any writer to the signet, solicitor before the supreme courts in Scotland, or solicitor at law duly licensed to practise as an agent in the Courts of Session and Justiciary in Scotland, who shall be retained by any defendant at the suit of the Crown for any offence against the laws relating to the Customs, shall be competent to undertake the defence of such defendant, and to instruct counsel for that purpose; and any such defendant who may not have retained any such agent shall be entitled to be heard by his counsel on any trial for such offence, although such defendant may have previously appeared to answer such suit in person instead of appearing by agent.
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