Kilsyth weavers and miners rioted against the Militia Act ballot, attacking the ballot box and threatening ballot officers. The riot was suppressed by local magistrates supported by yeomanry cavalry. Kilsyth was part of a wider wave of Militia Act resistance across Scotland.
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