William Proctor, missing

WILLIAM PROCTOR,

Son of David Proctor, East Townend of Forfar, shire of Angus, aged 12 years,

LEFT his father's house the 7th of November last.  He is of small growth, short fair hair, pale complexion; had on a yellow napkin, corduroy jacket and breeches.  Any person knowing where this boy may be found, would confer a Christian favour by sending a line to his father; or to John Cabel, weaver in Mr Maberly's Factory, Aberdeen, that he may be restored to his parents, or his clothes sent to him, if he intend to remain.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 24th December 1817.

Circuit Court Trials, Perth

At the Circuit Court at Perth, on Wednesday last, Robert Ruxton, Jean McMillan, and Elizabeth Beattie, were found guilty of abetting and aiding the riots which lately disgraced the town of Montrose.  Ruxton was sentenced to banishment for seven years beyond seas - McMillan six months in the jail of Forfar - and Beattie four months in the jail of Montrose.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 28th April 1813.

Wilkie: tragic death in Forfar

DREADFUL EFFECTS OF PASSION – A melancholy accident happened last week at Forfar.  A young woman, of the name of Wilkie, who had been with a few of her companions looking at some marriage people returning from the church, was, upon her going home, challenged by her father for being so long out, when, after some altercation, her father, in a gust of passion, took up a pair of kitchen-tongs and threw them at the girl, whereby her skull was fractured, which caused her almost instant death.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 8th April, 1812.