Date
30 Nov 1775
Type
Petition and Complaint
Case
Shaw v. Fleming
Author
Andrew Crosbie, Esq., of Holm, John Morthland, of Rindmuir
Length
5 pages
Repository
University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container
UVALL Box 03
Marginalia
Yes
Appendix
1 item
Abstract
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Petitioners challenge a secret 1775 corporate act disenfranchising non-resident masons and wrights in Rutherglen’s council elections, seeking to void the election and restore votes under immemorial custom.

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Appendix

  • Minutes of meeting regarding the election of a trustee, containing accounts of debts for Mr Ellis Martin (Bailie Walker, Mrs Gordon) and Mr Cuthbert Gordon (William Armstrong, Charles Gordon, James Reoch), with calculation of majority in value.

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