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Cumbernauld Inn

Murder!

Cumbernauld Inn features in the Stevenson history, William was well known as the Innkeeper there then his son-in-law, John Dumbreck followed.

I discovered that a murder took place at Cumbernauld Inn at what would be about the time John Dumbreck and Margaret Stevenson would have been there. This is some of the information so far.

From the catalogue of the National Archives of Scotland the following information appears (Needless to say, I will be having a look at the document)

Crown Office precognitions Ref No AD14/31/272

Title Precognition against Donald McNaughton, Andrew Cockburn, John Murray, James Scott, John McFarlane for the crime of culpable homicide at Cumbernauld Inn, Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire
Date 1831
Accused Donald McNaughton, alias Daniel McNaughton, Age: 27, waiter, Address: Cumbernauld Inn, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire
Victim William Slimond, Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire
Accused Andrew Cockburn, Age: 22, chaise driver, Address: Cumbernauld Inn, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire
Accused John Murray, Age: 22, coach horse strapper, Address: Cumbernauld Inn, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire
Accused James Scott, Age: 28, ploughman, Address: Cumbernauld Inn, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire
Accused John McFarlane, Age: 20, post boy, Address: Cumbernauld Inn, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire

There is also a plan Ref No RHP 13303

Plan of present line of road from Edinburgh to Glasgow by Cumbernauld, showing proposed new roads east of Cumbernauld Inn and branching from the present turnpike road at Kennyhill towards Dalmarnock Bridge: [c. 1820]

This would have been discussed during the time when John Dumbreck and Margaret Stevenson were living at the Inn.

 


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