| Description Of Item | Press cutting of page 6 from the Scotsman, published on 14 March 1876. Reports on the meeting of the Dalkeith Presbytery, where further evidence was presented in the charge against drunkenness against the Reverand WT Williamson, Ormston. Reverand Malcolm Macgregor of Newton presided as moderator, Mr JHA [John Hay Athole?] Macdonald was the advocate for the Presbytery, and Mr [John] Campbell Smith was the advocate for the defender. They had applied to Dr Macgregor (4 Henry Place, Edinburgh) who had attended Williamson. Dr William Taylor (York Place, Edinburgh) was also a witness as he had examined Williamson more than once for presumed diseases of the heart. Dr Angus Macdonald (Charlotte Square, Edinburgh) also was called as a witness, because he had been responsible for the delirium tremens ward in Edinburgh Royal Hospital and could bring further evidence as to whether Williamson had been drunk or suffered form an illness.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |