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We know that Macnaghten, in his memorandum, stated that Supt. Charles Cutbush was the uncle of Thomas Hayne Cutbush. We now know that this isn’t the case. So how could this have happened?
I realise that Macnaghten comes in for some heavy criticism from some quarters but how could he have made such an error? It would have been natural to ask if two people called Cutbush might be related but why would someone assume it? And surely when it came to possibly linking a colleague to someone like Thomas he would have wanted to be sure…then again, the memorandum wasn’t intended for public consumption of course. I can’t think of any reason why he would have knowingly made this incorrect link so how did he come to make this error?
I realise that Macnaghten comes in for some heavy criticism from some quarters but how could he have made such an error? It would have been natural to ask if two people called Cutbush might be related but why would someone assume it? And surely when it came to possibly linking a colleague to someone like Thomas he would have wanted to be sure…then again, the memorandum wasn’t intended for public consumption of course. I can’t think of any reason why he would have knowingly made this incorrect link so how did he come to make this error?
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