| Description Of Item | A first press cutting is from the Scotsman and is about a court case held on 27 March 1871. The pursuer was George Hair Pagan, who was challenging the validity of his father William Pagan’s will, claiming the will was made when he was insane. George Hair Pagan and his sister Barbara Hair Pagan gave evidence about William Pagan’s unusual behaviour that preceded his death.
The second press cutting is also from the Scotsman and is about the same case as it resumed on 31 March 1871. William Pagan’s letters with Mary Cunningham Findlay, a young woman he’d previously proposed to, were used as evidence of his sanity and are included in the article. The jury concluded in favour of the pursuer George Hair Pagan. From the collection of Thomas Laycock.
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