What the records say
- When
- 10 Aug 1893
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 55.98° N, 5.45° W
- Description
- murder case
- Injured
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Ardlamont mystery
1893 murder case in Argyll, Scotland
The Ardlamont Mystery, was the death by shooting of Cecil Hambrough in Argyll, Scotland, on 10 August 1893. Defendant Alfred John Monson received the Scottish verdict of "not proven" in his High Court of Justiciary trial for the murder of Hambrough in HM Advocate v Monson. In 1894, Monson sued Madame Tussauds in Monson v Tussauds Ltd for libel and was awarded one farthing in damages.
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