Hans Smith McFarlane

Hans Smith McFarlane, Helen Blackwood and Ann Marshall were convicted of the murder of Alexander Boyd who they had drugged and stripped along with a friend of his of his clothes and property.

Alexander Boyd and his friend were ships carpenters had gone out drinking and were later lured into a small den in the New Vennel by some loose women. An hour later Alexander Boyd fell out of the window of the room which was on the third floor and died instantly.