Trial Details
T/LA/1132 Magdalin Blair
- Name of the accused
- Magdalin Blair
- Associated case
- C/LA/2949 (22/3/1659)
- Trial process type
- Mixed Central/Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/LA/1130 | Bessie Stevenson | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1659 | Stirling Stirling |
| T/LA/1131 | Issobell Bennet | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1659 | Stirling Stirling |
| T/LA/1137 | Janet Millar | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1659 | Stirling Stirling |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| no recorded commission | ||||
| 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 |
| 13/1/1659 | to a minister and bailie |
| 14/1/1659 | continuation |
| 18/1/1659 | to the provost and another bailie |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| no recorded imprisonments | ||||
| 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 recorded confessions | |||
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- She was denounced to the minister by a neighbour.
- watched?
- no
- watch date
- no information
- arrested?
- no
- 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
- 22/3/1659
- trial place
- Tolbooth
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- Stirling
- burgh
- Stirling
verdict
- verdict
- Not Guilty
- defence
- no
- female accusers
- 3
- male accusers
- 5
- recorded as high status?
- no
- order for central judiciary trial
- no
- judiciary trial date
- no information
- circuit court (mixed central and local)
- yes
- circuit name
- local court with central representatives
- no
- trial notes
- I think it is the North circuit even though it was bound in with the South and West circuits. She denied the whole thing. On an undated list of people from 1658-9 to be arraigned before the justice courts. Witness list generated 16/3/1658. She pleaded not guilty
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| Gilbert Robertson | None | None | None | Chancellor | no | Involved in trials in 1659. |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- no information
- executed?
- no
- execution date
- no information
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- no information
- post trial notes
- None
| 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 | ||||||