Complainers David Fowler and James Miller alleged that an election in Kilrenny was tainted by corrupt practices designed to instate officials who would support Robert Alexander for a seat in parliament. Fowler and Miller sued the burgh’s elected officials, seeking to have the election vacated or, at minimum, to be reinstated in their positions as counsellor and bailie. The officials denied these allegations and alleged that members of the opposing party, including Sir John Anstruther and complainer David Fowler, had themselves engaged in corruption.
Documents in this case (11)
- Petition and Complaint 1765
- Answers 1765
- Print 1765
- Print 1765
- B01 PetitionandComplaint Boyter, 6 Jan 1766
- Complainers' Proof 1766
- David Fowler and James Miller v. Andrew Boyter and others — Memorial, 17 Feb 1766
- Memorial and Abstract of the Proof 1766
- Answers 1767
- David Fowler v. Andrew Reid — Kilrenny Election, 19 Jan 1767 [33]
- Answers 1767
People involved
- David Fowler — Pursuer
- James Miller — Pursuer
- Andrew Boyter — Defender
- Andrew Reid — Defender
- Alexander Reid — Defender
- Alexander Paton — Defender
- Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of Rosslyn — Defender
- William Alexander, of Blackhouse — Defender
- James Edie — Defender
- Thomas Smart — Defender
- James Boyter — Defender
- James Waddel — Defender
- Robert Anderson — Defender
- Robert Alexander, of Boghall and Blackhouse — Defender
- David Watson — Defender
- George Lothian — Defender
- William Fowler — Defender
- William Brown — Defender
- Robert Prat — Defender
- John Oliphant — Defender
- Sir James Montgomery, of Stanhope, Esq. — Advocate for Pursuer
- Alexander Wight — Advocate for Pursuer
- George Cokburne Haldane, of Gleneagles — Advocate for Pursuer
- David Rae — Advocate for Defender
- John MacLaurin, Lord Dreghorn — Advocate for Defender
- David Armstrong, of Kirtleton — Advocate for Defender
- Sir Henry Erskine, of Alva and Clackmannan, Baronet — Named in case documents
- Sir John Anstruther, of Anstruther, Baronet — Named in case documents
- Gabriel Halladay — Named in case documents
- Benjamin Plenderleath — Named in case documents
Places
- Kilrenny (principal)
Complainers David Fowler and James Miller alleged that an election in Kilrenny was tainted by corrupt practices designed to instate officials who would support Robert Alexander for a seat in parliament. Fowler and Miller sued the burgh’s elected officials, seeking to have the election vacated or, at minimum, to be reinstated in their positions as counsellor and bailie. The officials denied these allegations and alleged that members of the opposing party, including Sir John Anstruther and complainer David Fowler, had themselves engaged in corruption.
