This document was identified in the bound volume Vol 31 521 545. It is published as found — its association with a specific case is still being established by our catalogers.
Abstract
Defenders' proof shows lodge and society managed separate but overlapping funds, with officers overseeing rentals and relief; no diversion occurred, widows aided per lodge custom, not society policy.
Appendix (from p. 21)
- Pursuers' proof at Lanark (4 December 1818).
- Pursuers' proof at Lanark (9 December 1818).
- Copy precept by John Buchanan and Robert Penman to the Treasurer of the Old Lodge, Lanark (7 April 1817).