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Respondents defend election of James Bruce as Councillor, challenging validity of interim election and vote, citing statutory time limits and lack of prior notice.

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January 14, 1791 Replies of James Bruce and others, Counsellors and Magistrates of the Borough of Anstruther Easter, to the Answers of James Hogg and others, pretending to be such.

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December 7, 1790 Answers by James Hogg, &c. to the petition and complaint of James Bruce, &c., responding that the election of Bruce was void and the vacancy was properly filled by Hogg.

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November 13, 1790 Petition of James Bruce, Taylor in Anstruther Easter, asking the Court to find that the Town-council of Anstruther Easter wrongfully elected James Hogg as a Counsellor in place of James Bruce, who had been legally elected and accepted.

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Inshie contests forfeiture of his East Michaelmas seat due to non-residency, citing lack of notice and procedural fairness near a general election.

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January 29, 1791 Duplies for Sir John Anstruther, et al., Respondents, to the replies for William Campbell, et al., Complainers, arguing that the April 26, 1790 Council meeting was irregular and that the complainers' arguments are irrelevant to the legal merits.

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Dec 7, 1790: Sir John Anstruther &c. answer petition of William Campbell &c., with John Young, W.S., responding to claims of illegal council removal and election manipulation.

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December 13, 1790 Petition of William Campbell asking the Court to overturn the election of Philip Anstruther in place of Sir John Anstruther, and to sustain Campbell's vote as a constituent member of the Council meetings.