Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) charging Margaret MacFadyen with theft in June 1873. MacFadyen (daughter of and residing with Donald MacFadyen, Arinagour, Coll) is accused of plucking the fleece off a dead wedder with intent to steal on the farm of Arintluich [Arinthluich], Coll, occupied by the Proprietor John Stewart Esquire of Coll. Margaret MacFadyen is also referred to as ‘black Peggy’ in the report.
Alexander MacLean (joint tenant, Caolisinellan, Coll), Archibald MacNeilage (servant to Malcolm Gilchrist, Totaronald, Coll) and Donald MacNeilage (shepherd to John Stewart Esquire, Acha, Coll) are named as witnesses and provide statements.
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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.