1798
ProcuratorCharterFacultyPenaltyInterlocutorContractHugh Knox, Writer in Glasgow, petitioned the Court against the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, seeking to remit their regulation that imposed £30 of entry money upon him on the grounds that his apprenticeship had ended before the regulation was enacted and the charge was therefore retrospective and oppressive. The Faculty answered, defending the regulation against his claims.AI-generated
Documents in this case (2)
- Knox v. Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow — Petition, 18 Oct 1798October 18, 1798 Petition of Hugh Knox, asking the Court to remit the Faculty of Procurators' new entry-money regulation which retroactively imposes L. 30 on him despite his apprenticeship ending before the regulation's…
- Hugh Knox v. Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow — Answers, 27 Nov 1798November 27, 1798 Answers by the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow to the petition of Hugh Knox, Writer in Glasgow, responding to his claim that the fee regulation is retrospective and oppressive.
People & places in this case
People involved
- John Dillon — Party
- William Bogle — Party
- Duncan Macfarlane, of Glenralloch — Party
- John Watt — Party
- William Watson — Party
- Robert Blair, of Avontoun, Lord Avontoun — Party
- John Orr — Party
- John Leckie — Party
- Archibald Simpson — Party
- Rev. William Thom — Party
- William Lindsay — Party
- James Marshall, Esq. — Advocate for Party
- Thomas King, of Drums — Advocate for Party
- Archibald Smith — Advocate for Party
- George Riddoch — Advocate for Party
- John Duncan — Advocate for Party
- Archibald Fletcher, of Parkhill — Advocate for Party
- Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen — Lord Ordinary
- John Swinton, Lord Swinton — Lord Ordinary
