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Transcript of a report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal regarding an assault in Achadaphail farm, Ardtun, on the Isle of Mull in September 1859. Peggy or Margaret Morrison is accused of attacking Mary Campbell with a pair of iron tongs and using profane and ‘unbecoming’ language against her.

Statements are provided from:

Mary Campbell (servant to and residing with Donald McGillvray at Auchadafail farm, originally from Gortendonald in Tiree)
Julian McFadyen or McGillvray (wife of Donald McGillvray, drover and crofter, Acadaphail farm, Ardtun)
John Macfarlane (Police Constable, Bunessan)
Allan Cameron (Sergeant of Police, Tobermory)
John McNab (Doctor, Bunessan)
Peggy or Margaret Morrison (Achadaphail farm, Ardtun)

Click to read a transcript of this item.

From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

Object Details

Other Number: TPF/1859/27

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