This record is held in the National Archives of SCOTLAND, not Australia as previously stated. My apologies for the error cheers Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Fawcett" <jfawcett@hotkey.net.au> To: "Australia-L" <australia-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: John Beattie, shopkeeper Australia > The following record is held in the National Archives of Australia and may > be of interest to someone researching a John Beattie, shopkeeper in > Australia in 1857, or his wife Mary (nee McFadyn). > cheers > Jenny Fawcett > _____________ > > > > > RefNo Title Date > AD14 Crown Office precognitions 1801-1900 > AD14/57 Crown Office precognitions, 1857 1857 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > CountryCode GB > RepCode 234 > RefNo AD14/57/262 > Repository National Archives of Scotland > Title Precognition against Catherine McFadyen, Mary Beattie, Margaret McCabe > for the crime of uttering base coin at Cowgate, Edinburgh > Date 1857 > Accused Catherine McFadyen, widow, m.s. Whitelaw, Age: 66, Address: Residing > with daughter Mary McFadyen or Beattie, Pleasance, Edinburgh, Origin: Native > of Ireland > Accused Mary Beattie, wife of John Beattie, shopkeeper, Australia, m.s. > McFadyen, Age: 24, Address: Pleasance, Edinburgh, Origin: Native of > Edinburgh > Accused Margaret McCabe, wife of Alexander McCabe (America). Daughter of > Catherine Whitelaw or McFadyen, widow, m.s. McFadyen, Age: 21, Address: > Residing with mother, Pleasance, Edinburgh, Origin: Native of Edinburgh > Victim Daniel Hossack, Cowgate, Edinburgh > AccessStatus Open > RelatedRecord JC26/1857/351 > RelatedRecord JC26/1857/351 > >