Trial Details
T/JO/574 Marioun Twedy
- Name of the accused
- Marioun Twedy
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1861 (21/11/1649)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| no recorded trials | ||||
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Committee of Estates | None | 9/1649 | None | Presbytery records that commission had been issued |
| Committee of Estates | Justiciary | 10/11/1649 | None | Report their goods to the exchequer by 10/12/1649 |
| previous commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | date | |||
| no recorded prior commission | ||||
| appeals | ||
|---|---|---|
| central authority | reason | appeal date |
| presbytery request advice | 28/6/1649 | |
| complaints | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
| no recorded complaints | |||||
| move to higher legal authority | |
|---|---|
| moved to | date of move |
| Burgh Council | 17/5/1649 |
| Presbytery | None |
| denunciations | |
|---|---|
| denuncation date | dated |
| no recorded denunciations | |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| 17/5/1649 | no | None | Peebles | no |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| no recorded tortures | |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| 11/10/1649 | Pricking |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no | None | None | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Presbytery record complaint by minister and investigate case. Witnesses and accused nterviewed by ministers.Twedy refused to confess. Case referred to GA. Twedy was not mentioned in the Committee of Estates commission of justiciary with the rest of those accused with her. She was named in her own commission.
- watched?
- no
- watch date
- no information
- arrested?
- yes
- arrest date
- no information
- fled?
- no
- date absconded
- no information
- action dropped?
- no
- action dropped date
- no information
- action dropped by
- no information
- trial action body
- no information
- confronting suspects?
- no
Trial phase
- trial date
- 21/11/1649
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- P/ST/1332
- presbytery
- Peebles
- county
- Peebles
- burgh
- Peebles
verdict
- verdict
- no information
- defence
- no
- female accusers
- 6
- male accusers
- 1
- recorded as high status?
- yes
- order for central judiciary trial
- no
- judiciary trial date
- no information
- circuit court (mixed central and local)
- no
- circuit name
- no information
- local court with central representatives
- no
- trial notes
- Note about date of trial in presbytery records
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| None | None | None | None | no | None | |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- no information
- executed?
- no
- execution date
- no information
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- no information
- post trial notes
- No details
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| no recorded named witches | ||
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||