The trial of Katharine Nairn [Ogilvie] and Patrick Ogilvie, for the crimes of incest and murder [of Thomas Ogilvie]. Containing the whole procedure of the High Court of Justiciary; upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th days of August 1765 / [Katharine Nairn Ogilvie].

  • Nairne, Katharine.
Date:
1765
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Credit: The trial of Katharine Nairn [Ogilvie] and Patrick Ogilvie, for the crimes of incest and murder [of Thomas Ogilvie]. Containing the whole procedure of the High Court of Justiciary; upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th days of August 1765 / [Katharine Nairn Ogilvie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I Jl ] has Teen them kitting one another, and* him having his hand down her bread. Depones, That when the Lieutenant went off, as above mentioned, and Mrs Ogilvi^was in the above difpofition, Eaftmiln, as he had frequently upon former occafions, when he and his wife differed about the Lieutenant, expreffed his defire to go and leave his own houfe; and the depo¬ nent, who, at that tirpe, faw little profpect of har¬ mony between them, propofed to Mrs Ogilvie, that fhe fhould agree to this fcheme, which fhe feemed very well pleafed with; but that next day both feemed to have changed their mind. And being further inter¬ rogate, depones, That, about a fortnight or three weeks after the deponent went to Eaftmiln, the two pannels, and the deceafed Mr Ogilvie of Eaftmiln ha¬ ving gone to pay a vifit at Glenkilry, they all of them returned, as the deponent thought, in very bad hu¬ mour; and, in particular, Mrs Ogilvie the pannel was fo, and expreffed her diffatisfaclion with her hufband, and faid, If fhe had a dofe, fhe would give it him; but the deponent at that time did not think Mrs Ogil¬ vie ferious in what fhe faid : That thereafter, but fhe cannot precifely fpecify the times, Mrs Ogilvie did fre¬ quently fignify to the deponent, that fhe was refolved to poifon her hufband ; and told the deponent, fhe in¬ tended to get poifon either from Mr Robertfon a mer¬ chant in* Perth, or Mrs Eagle who keeps a feed fliop in Edinburgh, upon pretence of poifoning rats: That the deponent, feeing Mrs Ogilvie intent at that time upon that project, endeavoured to divert her from it by gaining time, and fignified, that if fhe applied to thele people for the poifon, fhe would be brought to an untimely end ; hut that fhe, the deponent, would go to Edinburgh, and get a brother of the deponent’s who lired there to buy the poiibn : That Mrs Ogilvie approved of the deponent’s propofal; but complained, that the deponent was long in putting it in execution, and therefore propofed to the deponent to fpeak of it to Lieutenant Ogilvie the pannel, as he could get it more expeditioufly; and this the deponent declined to do.