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