Cutbush and Cutbush?

[Herlock Sholmes]

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?

[The Rookie Detective]

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?

Has it been definitively proven that his uncle wasn't the police officer of the same distinctively rare surname?

[Tani]

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?

Sounds like a serious miscommunication.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Has it been definitively proven that his uncle wasn't the police officer of the same distinctively rare surname?

According to Debra Arif, Chris Scott, Roger Palmer and Robert Linford (to name but four) they weren’t. That’s good enough for me Chris…I suspect that it will be good enough for you too.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Sounds like a serious miscommunication.

I just find it a bit of strange one Tani. Maybe I’ll have a read round on the subject as it’s been a while.