11 Mar 1766Election contest
The complainants in this case protested the borough election held in September 1765; the respondents were counsellors of the borough. Each side accused the other of being bribed by Sir John Anstruther or Robert Alexander, contestants for a seat in parliament.
Documents in this case (4)
- Robb — Answers, 14 Dec 1765 (Box 1)
- Robert Hunter, William Thomson and James Boyter v. Robert Robb, John Brown, William Boyter, Walter Thomson, Alexander Wedderburn, William Innes, Robert Peatie, Robert Bisset, George Colvil, John Thomson, William Millar and Pa… — Memorial, 27 Sep 1766
- Robb — Answers, 14 Jan 1767 (Box 1)
- Robert Hunter, William Thomson, and James Boyter v. Robert Robb and others — Election, 19 Jan 1767
People involved
- Robert Hunter — Pursuer
- William Thomson — Pursuer
- James Boyter — Pursuer
- Robert Robb — Defender
- John Brown — Defender
- William Boyter — Defender
- Walter Thomson — Defender
- Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of Rosslyn — Defender
- William Innes — Defender
- Robert Peattie — Defender
- Robert Bisset — Defender
- George Colvill — Defender
- John Thomson — Defender
- William Miller — Defender
- Patrick Burn — Defender
- Robert Alexander, of Boghall and Blackhouse — Defender
- William Alexander, of Blackhouse — Defender
- David Loudon — Defender
- Alexander Boyter — Defender
- James Hay — Defender
- Sir Henry Erskine, of Alva and Clackmannan, Baronet — Named in case documents
- Sir John Anstruther, of Anstruther, Baronet — Named in case documents
- George Dawson — Named in case documents
Places
The complainants in this case protested the borough election held in September 1765; the respondents were counsellors of the borough. Each side accused the other of being bribed by Sir John Anstruther or Robert Alexander, contestants for a seat in parliament.
Published Reports
William Morison, The Decisions of the Court of Session (1811), pg. 16769