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2021.54.53

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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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2021.54.47

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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.

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

2021.54.36

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Transcript of a Police Report written by Finlay Fraser (D.C., Tiree) submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal regarding the character of Flora McDonald, dated 28 April 1860. The report contains a statement from John McLean (farmer, Caoles) and Archibald McDougald (fisherman, Caoles). Both men employed Flora McDonald (daughter of Donald McDonald [‘Dhomil na Crog’] of Coll) for a short period. MacDonald was accused of murder in Dumbarton.

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2021.54.34

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Transcript of Precognition of Witnesses submitted to Henry Nisbet, Tobermory Procurator Fiscal, regarding the sudden deaths of Malcolm McKinnon and Ann or Nancy MacDougall or Burnett on 3 October 1860. McKinnon and MacDougall/Burnett died when a mail packet ran ashore in Glenbeg, near Loch Sunart, during a storm. Statements are provided from:

Hector Lamont (master and owner of a mail packet, Kirkapol. Brother-in-Law of Malcolm McKinnon, deceased)
Archibald McFadyen (seaman, Kirkapol)
Niel McLean (crofter, Ruaig)
Niel McKinnon (Arinagour, Coll)
Alexander Campbell (Inland Revenue Officer, Broadford, Isle of Skye. Sister-in-Law of Ann or Nancy McDougall or Burnett)

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2021.54.29

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Transcript of statements regarding the possible theft of sheep in Morven, November 1860. The sheep may have been stolen while they were being transported between Coll and Lochaline in Morven.

Statements are provided by:

Donald Macfarlan (MacFarlane) (boatman, Arynagour, Coll)
James Campbell (son of Donald Campbell, Ballyhaugh, Coll)
William Borthwick (shepherd, Mungasdale, Morven)
James Cameron (shepherd, Ardentippert, Morven)
James Cameron (shepherd, Barr, Morven)
John Cameron (son of Donald Cameron, Knock)
Donald Cameron (boatman, Knock)
Allan Cameron (son Donald Cameron, Knock)
Donald Macdonald (tenant, Arinagour, Coll)
Niel Livingstone (shepherd, Arinagour, Coll)
John Cameron (ploughman, residing with Donald Macdonald, Arinagour, Coll)

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2021.54.26

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Transcript of Precognition of Witnesses regarding the discovery of bodies on board the wreck of the Francis of St Ives and on the shore of the Isle of Coll, November 1860. The Francis of St Ives, a three masted vessel, was wrecked off the shore of Caoles in Coll, ‘between Ellen oare and Caol’. Descriptions are given of tattoos upon the body of the sailor on board the ship, as well as the clothes he was wearing.

Statements are provided by:
Hector Maclean (son of and residing with John Maclean, Arileod)
John Kennedy (Grimsary)
John Craig (tacksman, Crossapol)
Charles Cowan (mason, Ballyhough)

In a letter attached from James MacColl (Interim Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Coll) to Henry Nisbet (Tobermory Procurator Fiscal), MacColl writes that the body of Mrs Fowler, a ‘pauper’ residing at Torastan in Coll, was discovered on the 18th October 1860 at some distance from her own house.

This report contains descriptions of the bodies discovered. Click to read a transcript of this item.

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

 

2021.54.25

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Transcript of precognition of witnesses against Robert Macdonald on charges of fraud, August 1860. MacDonald (teacher, Kilbride) was appointed as Interim Inspector of Poor for the Island of Coll. Statements are provided from John Smeaton (miller and farmer, Acha), Donald MacDonald (farmer, Arinagour), John MacLean (Mippost). The document contains a copy of Cash Received and Payments made by Robert MacDonald from November 1859 to May 1860.

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2021.54.21

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Transcript of a police report accusing Lachlan McInnes of assault in October 1859. McInnes (seaman, Arinagour, Island of Coll) is accused of assaulting Archibald McNeil (mason, Breachacha, Island of Coll) at Beg Field near Fouterailt [?] Isle of Coll. The report is submitted by Finlay Fraser, police constable in Tiree. Statements are provided from:

Archibald McNeil (mason, Breachacha)
Neil Galbreath (mason from Campbeltown, residing at Breachacha)
John Kennedy (foreman, Breachacha)
Robert Laird (gardener, Breachacha)
John McPherson (son of Peter McPherson [Innkeeper], Arinagour parish, Coll)

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