Trial Details
T/JO/584 Marioun Robiesone
- Name of the accused
- Marioun Robiesone
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1860 (21/11/1649)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/JO/574 | Marioun Twedy | Local Court | 1649 | P/ST/1332 Peebles Peebles |
| T/JO/575 | Jonet Coutts | Local Court | 1649 | P/ST/1332 Peebles Peebles |
| T/JO/577 | Bessie Forrest | Local Court | 1649 | P/ST/1332 Peebles Peebles |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Committee of Estates | Justiciary | 1/11/1649 | None | CoEput some conditions on the commission. Commissioners were to report back to the exchequer by 10/12, and they were not to burn Jonet Coutts till she confronted other suspects. |
| previous commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | date | |||
| no recorded prior commission | ||||
| appeals | ||
|---|---|---|
| central authority | reason | appeal date |
| no recorded appeals | ||
| complaints | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
| no recorded complaints | |||||
| move to higher legal authority | |
|---|---|
| moved to | date of move |
| no recorded move to higher legal authority | |
| denunciations | |
|---|---|
| denuncation date | dated |
| no recorded denunciations | |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| 10/1649 | no | None | Peebles | no |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| no recorded tortures | |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| no recorded ordeals | |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no | 23/10/1649 | Peebles | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Held in prison with others and confessed to meeting the devil.
- 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
- 0
- male accusers
- 0
- recorded as high status?
- no
- 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 in presbytery that trial to be held.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| no recorded additional persons | ||||||
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 |
| Janet Broun | T/JO/587 | A/EGD/1956 |
| Marion Veitch | T/JO/585 | A/EGD/1977 |
| Elspet Grahame | T/JO/586 | A/EGD/1976 |
| Issobell Alexander | T/JO/588 | A/EGD/2319 |
| Nicolas Inglis | T/JO/589 | A/JO/2745 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||