IT was September 4, 1893, and Inspector James Allan was patrolling the streets of Bishopbriggs with his colleague Constable John Pirie.
Shortly before 11pm that Monday evening, the two officers were approached by a concerned railway worker who had seen two men robbing a drunk man lying on the ground outside nearby Crow Tavern.The police officers arrested the two suspects and took them back to the pub to see if they could find their victim.The police officer caught his suspect almost immediately, but the man then pulled out a knife.His attacker ran off towards Glasgow leaving the bloodied knife behind.
They then returned to Bishopbriggs with another senior officer where a murder investigation was launched.Their victim had been Daniel Elliot, an engineer from Springburn.Shocked by the death of the officer, and worried about the consequences for himself, McGhee willingly named his accomplice as a William Coubrough, above.
He had been released on parole in June 1892, but had breached the conditions of his release by failing to inform the police of his whereabouts.Gamekeepers were wary of him. Caught poaching in the woods with his gun, Coubrough challenged one gamekeeper to duel. On seeing the police, he had wrapped the ferrets in pieces of flannel and had then placed them in an empty kettle on his fire which was burning low.
A forensic examination revealed two severe stab wounds. Both had involved the use of considerable force. His elderly mother lived in a cottage there and he had suddenly appeared in her home one night, seized some bread and a knife and had run out again. At the Central Police Office in Glasgow, Coubrough was locked into a cell known as The Cage, used to contain difficult prisoners.Coubrough pleaded not guilty but admitted the lesser charge of culpable homicide, which did not carry the death sentence.
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