14 May –Appin Murder: Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure ("The Red Fox"), 44, who has recently been dispossessing members of the JacobiteClan Stewart of Appin, is shot in the back in the wood of Lettermore betweenBallachulish and Kentallen. The chief suspect,Alan Breck Stewart, having fled to France,James Stewart of the Glen is found guilty "inart and part" (as an accessory to the crime) atInveraray by a judge and jury entirely fromClan Campbell and hanged on 8 November at Cnap a' Chaolais above the narrows at Ballachulish.[2]