This document was identified in the bound volume Hope collection 1831 32 vol 178. It is published as found — its association with a specific case is still being established by our catalogers.
Abstract
Respondents challenge complainers’ voter eligibility and Hugh Arbuckle’s authority to file, asserting he withdrew and never directed the complaint.
Appendix (from p. 5)
- Memorandum regarding Queensferry Michaelmas Election, 1825.
- Letter from Hugh Arbuckle to James Gibson Craig (7 November 1825).
- Note of Pleas for Complainers on Question of Title by John Wilson.
- Note of Pleas for Respondents on Question of Title by W. Menzies.
- Note regarding Hugh Arbuckle's Title to Complain.
- Minute of the Magistrates and Town Council of Queensferry (29 September 1825).
- Minute of the Board of Greenock (30 September 1828).
- Minute for James M'Bain and Charles Thompson in Petition and Complaint—Arbuckle & M'Bain (26 February 1827).