Transcript of a police report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by Finlay Fraser charging John Brown with Breach of the Peace in December 1861. Brown (crofter and fisherman, Kilmoluaig) assaulted Donald McDonald (son of Flora McKinnon, Kilmoluaig) in a field in Kilmoluaig. It is mentioned that McDonald called Brown a ‘water horse’. A statement is provided by Donald McDonald and is corroborated by:
John McCallum (son of Dugald McCallum, Kilmoluaig)
Hector McKinnon (son of Neil McKinnon, Kilmoluaig)
Dugald McCallum (Kilmoluaig)
Mrs Dugald McCallum (Kilmoluaig)
Alexander McKinnon (son of Archibald McKinnon, Kilmoluaig)
This record also contains details of charges against Archibald Kieth (ploughman, Achnacroish, Mull) accused of assault and Breach of Peach in July 1861. Niel Currie (labourer, Craignure), Donald McLeod (labourer, Craignure) and Hector Currie (shop keeper, Craignure) are summoned as witnesses. This section of the report is written by Kenneth Fraser, Sheriff Officer .
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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.