Cairneyhill Bigamy

BRIDGE OF ALLAN GAZETTE, SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER 1931 BIGAMY AT BANNOCKBURN – PRISON FOR FIFESHRIE MAN – ‘RUINED WOMAN’S LIFE’ SAYS SHERIFF – A REMARKABLE STORY One of the most remarkable stories ever unfolded in a bigamy case heard in Stirling Sheriff Court was related on Thursday to Sheriff J Dean Leslie, when Walter Colquhoun,Continue reading “Cairneyhill Bigamy”

Memory Lapse Causes Breach Of Peace

DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY 15 JULY 1927 FIFE MAN BLAMES ‘LAPSE OF MEMORY’ DUNFERMLINE PRISON SENTENCE FOR ‘BREACH’ A Cairneyhill labourer, Peter McArthur, in custody, was sent to prison for ten days by Sheriff Umpherston at Dunfermline today for breach of the peace. He pleaded guilty to having committed a breach of the peace onContinue reading “Memory Lapse Causes Breach Of Peace”