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Upon a petition of Archibald Campbell of Ellersly writer to the signet, whose vote for a member of Parliament, on the title of the said lands, was objected to by some of the freeholders of the shire of Renfrew, my Lord Drummore declining to judge, as being brother-in-law to Sir John Shaw of Greenock, one of the complainers; the Lords were of opinion, that as it was not a case for any private interest, but a complaint brought by a member of a sort of community, on the account of the public, his nearest relations were competent judges; and therefore repelled the declinature.
