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Legal history, historical data geekery, genealogy. Owner of oldscottish.com. Historical Records Specialist at FindMyPast.co.uk. All views my own, obviously. Lives in St Andrews, Fife
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I now regret moving to St Andrews from, er, Leith Links ...
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I should say solemn trials at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
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This clipping (Musselburgh News - 6 July 1906) says he was remitted to the Sheriff in Edinburgh. I've checked the solemn trials for 1906 and no mention of him.
Suggests it was a summary case, so probably only minimal records available.
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What's the date of that clipping?
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Well if you find any reference to it let me know and I'll see if I have anything to hand.
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Could have been worse - my 3g grandfather was killed by his brother-in-law - hit him over the head with a potato hoe. Tried for culpable homicide but assoilzied.
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And this is his entry in the Ayr prison register when he was being held for trial. (HH21/17/18)
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Here's the court minute for this trial (NRS SC7/33/9).
Note that the wife of Edward Rice (witness 2) was Mary McCann - was Edward Simon's brother-in-law?
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Brought to court on 16 March 1877, Cameron pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 days.
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A criminal libel was prepared charging Cameron with 3 counts of uttering forged half-sovereigns at various places in Bannockburn.
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The Fiscal clerk sent him to talk to Chief Constable Campbell. Campbell found a Police Information notice describing a man wanted for "uttering base coin" in Bannockburn. Cameron confessed and was imprisoned.
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Played 3 times on the John Peel show in December 86 and January 87.
peel.fandom.com/wiki/Butch_W...
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Veteran desperate to feed his family seeks a solution in Money for Nothing.
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Not the main thing, for sure, but I *love* the interface for the digitised volumes. The page-turning display is just lovely.
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I now live in St Andrews. I doubt there's a town as university-dominated anywhere else in the UK. Locals do sometimes grumble about the uni's power here, but if it got into financial difficulties, this town would be stuffed.*
*other words are available
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Those fireplaces are just 😍
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You're very welcome. I've probably got some others, but those were the ones I could find readily. If you find others from Scotland 1858-1923 let me know as I may have similar records for them.
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I remember when fees were being suggested in the 80s, one Tory MP said "What's the problem? It's just the cost of a fortnight skiing in Switzerland", demonstrating that he was *absolutely* down with the kids.
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Peter had threatened his aunt (presumably Elizabeth Nangle's mother) with violence, claiming she was poisoning him. He died in Royal Edinburgh Hospital 9 August 1917. [NRS MC2/685]
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Peter Cleary, police constable, Musselburgh, admitted to Rosslynlee (Midlothian district asylum) 2 Mar 1916. Transferred to Royal Edinburgh 15 Mar 1916 [NRS MC2/685]
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Adam Mckay, superintendent of police from Dumbarton. He had been admitted to Edinburgh Asylum 16 Aug 1876 and was transferred to Stirling on 8 Sep 1876. Discharged recovered 14 May 1877. [NRS MC2/210 and MC7/4]
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James Leadbetter, a police constable of Amphion Place, Leith, was admitted to Royal Edinburgh Hospital on 6 September 1867, described as "restless" and "incoherent". He died in the asylum on 3 April 1869. [NRS MC2/104]
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It's bad enough on this side of the pond, let alone on your side. Finally managed to move to St Andrews just before Christmas and I plan to sit out the next 4 years somewhere safe and quiet.
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Just had a look and yikes!
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Doesn't Lithuanian also have the dual number like Slovene? I can get some vague sense of written Lithuanian based on my Slovene (fluent) and Polish (limited).
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If only there was a national organisation that maintained a Scottish web archive ...
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Gael force!
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Wow, I've been cited once, ever, about 15 years ago. Told them I was self-employed (true) and couldn't afford to take time off (also true) so I was excused. Never been cited again - guess I must be on a list?
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Nice! My book room's coming along - I've got all the books unpacked, but they're still mostly unsorted. Getting there though.
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Happy birthday, [disturbingly] young man!
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Yeah, nobody was hurt, thank goodness. But still scary. I let the neighbour park his car (the one in the photo) in my driveway, as it didn't look safe next to that roof.
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Ooft!
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Gosh this one's taken a while to sort out - I remember digging out a couple of records for you for this a couple of years ago I think. Great stuff Andy.
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Hence the phrase as pissed as a Newt[on] ...?
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Margaret Mcnab, another witness in the case, was also a monoglot Gael.
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When I was a student, we had to give a paper on a topic entirely unrelated to our field of study. My paper was titled "Why I am a Dickhead". Head of department was not amused (but then he hated me, and I him, so ...)