Dates: 1860s

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Transcript of Precognition of Witnesses against Flora Maxwell on charges of theft on 27 April 1863. Maxwell is accused of taking items to sell in Coll on the Tiree packet then absconding to Glasgow. Statements are provided by: Mary McQuarrie or Leuart (wife of and residing with John Leuart, Tobermory), Allan Cameron (Police, Tobermory) , John Lennard (hawker, Tobermory.

The surname Leuart is also spelled as Lennard in the transcription.

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2021.54.52

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal regarding the theft of plaid or a drugget from Coll in June 1863. The report contains a statement from the owner of the drugget – Margaret Paterson (residing with Widow Campbell, Arinagour) – and remarks from Duncan Cameron (Constable). Paterson claims the drugget was sent from Tiree to Coll with Charles MacFadyen (son of Neil Macfadyen, Caoles, Tiree).

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2021.54.51

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by Duncan Cameron (Constable) charging Thomas Common with assault in November 1862. Common (shepherd with John L Stewart Esquire of Argyll, residing at Totamore, Coll) was charged with attacking and assaulting George Andrew (farmer, Grimsary, Coll) at or near the march of Grimsary in a dispute regarding horses crossing the boundary of a farm.

Statements are provided from:
George Andrew (farmer, Grimsary)
Niel McKay (servant to and residing with George Andrew, Grimsary)
Margaret Ralston or Andrew (wife of George Andrew, Grimsary)

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2021.54.50

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by by Duncan Cameron (Constable) charging John Lamont and John MacPhail with Breach of Peace and Assault in December 1862. Lamont (brother of and residing with Hector Lamont, Kirkapol) and MacPhail (son of and residing with Charles MacPhail, Kirkapol), are charged with attacking and assaulting Donald McKinnon (son of and residing with John McKinnon, Vaul) in a dispute over crossing crofts.

Statements are provided by:
Donald McKinnon (as above)
Donald McKinnon (brother of and residing with Malcolm McKinnon, Kirkapol)
Neil McLean (crofter, Kirkapol)

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2021.54.49

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Transcript of a Police Report charging Allan McFarlane and Hugh McLean with Breach of the Peace in March 1862. McFarlane (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig [‘Ardfinaig’], Mull) and McLean (part owner and sailor on board the schooner Mary of Greenock, North Bay, Ardfenaig, Mull) were charged following an incident at the granite quarry in Ardfenaig. The report was written by John MacFarlane (constable, Mull).

Statements are provided from:
John McInnis (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig)
Hector McEachern (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig)
Donald McGillivray (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig)

McFarlane was heard to say that Tiree men ‘would pick up an egg altho[ugh] it would be in the mouth of a dog’.

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal regarding charges of Assault and Breach of the Peace made against James Masterton, Neil McLachlan and Hugh McLean in Iona in 1862.

Masterton (foreman mason, North Bay Ardifinaig [Ardfenaig], Mull), McLachlan (blacksmith, North Bay, Ardifinaig [Ardfenaig], Mull) and McLean (merchant or inn keeper, Iona) are accused of assaulting James Black (master of the smack Albion of Campbeltown, laying at anchor in Bull Hole Anchorage, Creich, Ross of Mull) in front of ‘the cottage or inn’ in Iona. The Police Report is written by John McFarlane (constable, Bunessan).

Statements are provided from:
James Black (as above)
Charles McInnes (fisherman, Iona)
John McKillop (sailor, Kenshear, Iona)
Dugald McAurthur (son of John McAurthur, Kenshear Iona)
Niel McKay (tailor, residing with widow McCormick, Iona)

McKay states that he saw Black with a man from Tiree who was a smith and working in the quarry.

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2021.54.47

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Transcript of Inventory of Precognition against Lachlan Galbraith on charges of fraud and Breach of the Peace in April 1862. Galbraith (teacher, Callert, Inverness-shire) was accused of misusing funds raised to buy passage to Canada, and of causing a breach of the peace in the Isle of Coll. The statements mention that Galbraith claimed to be noted for translating books from English into Gaelic.

Statements are provided by:
Lachlann MacTaggart Galbraith (teacher, Callert)
Willliam Malcolm (Excise Officer, Bunessan, Mull)
Charles MacQuarie (merchant, Bunessan, Mull)
Lachlan Macphail (merchant, Bunessan, Mull)
John McDonald (retired parochial school master, Bunessan, Mull)
Reverend Robert Stewart (Assapol, Mull)
Nicol MacIntyre (tacksman, Knockvaolagain [Knockvologan], Mull)
Angus MacInnes (teacher, Isle of Iona)
June MacColl or Smith (wife of James Smith [lightkeeper], Hynish, Tiree)
Jessie Bannatyne or Sanderson (wife of Thomas Sanderson [lightkeeper] Hynish, Tiree)
Malcolm Livingston (teacher, Kirkapol, Tiree)
Reverend John Gregorson Campbell (The Manse, Gott, Tiree)
Duncan Martin (drainer, Heylipol)
Reverend Lachlan Macdonald (Mannal, Tiree)
Reverend James MacColl (lives with Donald McLean [brother in law], Arileod, Coll)
Duncan MacArthur (drainer, Grimsary, Coll)
Mary Maclean (residing at Knock-a-vada, Arinagour, Coll)
Ann MacKenzie (residing at Knock-a-vada, Arinagour, Coll)
John Johnston Junior (son of and residing with John Johnston Senior, Arnabost, Coll)
Allan MacLean (farmer, Mippost, Coll)
Niel Macfadyen (farm servant, Cliad, Coll)
James Hawthorn (innkeeper, Arinagour, Coll)
William Tait Meikle (clerk to firm of J & A Allan Merchants and Shipping Agents, No 70 Great Clyde Street, Glasgow. Residing at No 10 Abbotsford Place, Lauriston, Glasgow)

This record contains details of an attempted sexual assault. Click to read a transcript of this item.

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2021.54.46

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Transcript of Precognition of Witnesses submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal regarding the sudden death of John McNeill, March 1861. McNeill (aged 36, son of Niel McNeill, Balevullin) died following a short illness, and was attended on by Alexander Buchanan. Statements are provided from:

Donald McNeill (shoemaker, Balevullin. Brother of deceased)
Christina Macdonald (servant to and residing with Niel McNeill, Balevullin)
Niel MacNeill (crofter, Balevullin. Father of deceased)
Isabella McNeill or McLeod (wife of Archibald McLeod, Balevullin. Sister of deceased)
Donald Lamont (fisherman, Balevullin)

This record mentions that McNeill was making some ‘straw rope’.

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2021.54.45

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by Finlay Fraser (Police Constable, Tiree) charging Neil Lamont with malicious mischief on 12 October 1861. Lamont (merchant and cattle dealer, Cornaig) is accused of injuring Lauchlan McLean (farmer, Crosh [Croit na Croise, Kilmoluaig]) while riding a horse on the main road between Gott and Ballaphetrish. Statements are provided from:

Lachlan McLean (farmer, Crosh [Croit na Croise, Kilmoluaig])
Donald McLean (boatman, Kennovay)

The location of ‘Crosh’ is likely to be Croit na Croise in Kilmoluaig (see 1861 census).

Lamont is also charged with assaulting Duncan Cameron (seaman on board the Tiree packet), in the shop in ‘Toby’ occupied by Alexander Black (merchant) on 26 October 1861. Duncan Cameron (seaman), Hector McLean (shopman), John Lamont (porter) are named as witnesses. This second report is written by Allan Cameron.

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2021.54.44

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by Finlay Fraser (Police Constable, Tiree), regarding the theft of a plaid in June 1861. Catherine and Marion McKinnon (Kilmoluaig) are charged with stealing or fraudulently retaining a plaid belonging to James McEachnie (travelling hawker) from the house of their father, Neil McKinnon (crofter, Killmoluaig). The appearance and value of the plaid are described in detail. It is noted that there is no evidence of the theft.

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