John Ifat, James Baird, John Shiells, Robert Corbet, John Mann, John Black, Andrew Hozie, Malcolm Macleod, James Pollock, and Peter Tait v. William Porteous — information, 12 Nov 1781
William Porteous sues Gorbals managers/tradesmen for libel over a letter attacking him, defended on grounds of self-defense against prior public attacks by Porteous.