 The chief suspect, Allan Stewart (or Alan Breck Stewart) having fled, James Stewart (also known as "Seumas a' Ghlinne" [James of the Glen] and brother of Ardsheil), the Tanist of the Stewarts, was arrested for the crime and tried for the murder.Although it was clear at the trial that James was not directly involved in the assassination (he had a solid alibi), he was found guilty "in airts and pairts" (as an accessory; an aider and abetter) by a jury consisting of people from the locality where the crime occurred.The presiding judge was pro-Hanoverian Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Chief of Clan Campbell; 11 Campbell clansmen were on the 15-man jury.