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GLASGOW HERALD
1 DECEMBER 1875

DEATH

GIFFEN: At 5 Lauriston Place, Govan Road, Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, Annie Johnstone, eldest daughter of the late Rev. James Giffen, Saltcoats.
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GLASGOW HERALD
1 DECEMBER 1876

DEATH

ELLES: At Saltcoats, on the 30th ultimo, in her 70th year, Agnes, elder daughter of the late Rev. James Elles.
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CASUALTY OF WAR
1 DECEMBER 1914

Private JAMES HUNTER, (33), 3rd Battalion Scots Guards – Theatre of war, Home – son of Robert and Jane Hunter, 23 Springvale Street, Saltcoats.
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Penny Tray wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 1:30 pm
George Ardrossan wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:22 pm
Penny Tray wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:09 am GLASGOW HERALD
28 NOVEMBER 1918

COURT OF SESSION – ALLEGED SLANDER AT SALTCOATS

The Lord Ordinary disallowed the proposed issues and allowed parties a proof of their averments, on the ground that a possible conflict between averments negative of privilege and a case of vicarious responsibility made the case unsuitable for trial by jury.
Can anybody understand the last sentence in Penny Tray’s last post?

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When I read it myself the first thought that came to mind was Burns' line from Tam O'Shanter - "Three lawyers' tongues turned inside out....."

Having said that (and to answer Hughie's later query) a Lord Ordinary is any of the Judges who sit in the Outer House of the civil Court of Session in Edinburgh; and what I think this one was saying is that he would allow the evidence to be heard, but because of the complications as to whether the owner of the bar was accountable for the alleged slander or her manager who actually confronted the complainer, he would ultimately consider the case himself without a jury.
Thanks, hahaya2004 and Penny Tray for trying to clarify. Am I right in thinking that the sentence means "The judge wisnae sure who should be charged an' he didnae want tae bother wi' a jury so he decided tae sort it oot himsel'."?

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GLASGOW HERALD
2 DECEMBER 1899

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS – EXAMINATION

H. & J. Black, contractors, Saltcoats, and Hugh Black, contractor, Saltcoats, and John Black, contractor, there, the individual partners of that company, as such partners, and as individuals – to be examined in the Sheriff Court-House, Kilmarnock, 6 December, at eleven o’clock.
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George Ardrossan wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:55 am
Penny Tray wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 1:30 pm
George Ardrossan wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:22 pm

Can anybody understand the last sentence in Penny Tray’s last post?

George
When I read it myself the first thought that came to mind was Burns' line from Tam O'Shanter - "Three lawyers' tongues turned inside out....."

Having said that (and to answer Hughie's later query) a Lord Ordinary is any of the Judges who sit in the Outer House of the civil Court of Session in Edinburgh; and what I think this one was saying is that he would allow the evidence to be heard, but because of the complications as to whether the owner of the bar was accountable for the alleged slander or her manager who actually confronted the complainer, he would ultimately consider the case himself without a jury.
Thanks, hahaya2004 and Penny Tray for trying to clarify. Am I right in thinking that the sentence means "The judge wisnae sure who should be charged an' he didnae want tae bother wi' a jury so he decided tae sort it oot himsel'."?

George
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GLASGOW HERALD
3 DECEMBER 1897

DROWNING ACCIDENT AT HAMBURG

Intelligence has reach Saltcoats that a son of Mr. John Borland, coal merchant, has been accidentally drowned at Hamburg.

The young man’s name was NEIL BORLAND, aged 17, and he was an apprentice on the DUMFRIESSHIRE, one of the Shire Line of ships, belonging to Thomas Law & Company, Glasgow.
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GLASGOW HERALD
4 DECEMBER 1895

DISORDERLY FISH HAWKER

W. WALKER, a fish hawker, was at the Burgh Court fined 7s 6d for committing a breach of the peace in Quay Street, Saltcoats. He resisted arrest and assaulted the police who took him in charge, and for this offence he was fined in the additional sum of a guinea, or 20 days’ imprisonment.
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GLASGOW HERALD
4 DECEMBER 1899

ECCLESIASTICAL

Rev. J. Brand Scott, B.D., West United Presbyterian Church, Saltcoats, has been unanimously elected minister of East Bank United Presbyterian Church, Hawick, vacant through the translation of Rev. Charles Allan to Greenock.
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GLASGOW HERALD
5 DECEMBER 1890

MARRIAGE

GIBSON – DUNCAN: At the Saracen’s Head Hotel, Saltcoats, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Scott, Robert H. Gibson, Glasgow, to Lizzie, fourth daughter of W. H. Duncan, Saltcoats.
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GLASGOW HERALD
5 DECEMBER 1898

PROPERTY SALE

On Saturday, the house in Chapelwell Street, Saltcoats, occupied by John Gordon and others, was offered for sale by public roup at the upset price of £375, and was purchased for £430 by Mr. Hugh Newall.

Mr. T. Smith, writer, had charge of the sale, and Mr. F. A. P. Bennett was auctioneer.
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GLASGOW HERALD
6 DECEMBER 1895

THE STORM

Saltcoats:
During Wednesday night there was a severe gale, the wind blowing in fierce squalls, with showers of rain.

Two cottages being erected in Caledonia Road by Mr. William Logan suffered some damage. The brick wall of one of them was thrown down, and joists and timber broken.

The roof of an outhouse in Quay Street was carried away.

Windows were in some cases blown in. Slates and window-cans were carried away from the roofs of houses.

A large wooden gate in Eglinton Street was wrenched from its hinges.

In the harbour the fishing smacks escaped injury.

Yesterday the gale continued, and there were some heavy showers.
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