The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003

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Case Details

C/JO/3027

name of accused
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
no accused reference present
Case date start
7/11/1699
Given case date
no information
Case commission
no information
case complaint
no information
case correspondence
no information
case chronicle
no information
other details
Presbytery records

characterisation

  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
None
linked trials
name trial type link year notes
no recorded linked trials

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
None
  • no information

Demonic pacts

  • no information

witches meetings

    Presbytery records
Notes
None

Meeting places

  • no information

musical instruments

  • no information

Folk culture

Notes
None

Counter strategies

  • no information

white magic

  • no information

Elf/fairy elements

  • no information

Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

  • no information

Religious motif

  • no information

Calendar customs

  • no information

Diseases or illness

Notes
None

Cause of witch's malice

  • no information

Other maleficia

Damage to property

  • no information

weather modification

  • no information

Notes
None

Other charges

  • no information

Notes
None

Plea

Claimed bewitched
no
Claimed possessed
no
Admitted lesser charges
no
No defence
no
Claimed natural causes
no
Notes
None
Case Notes
Un-named witches mentioned by Dumfries presbytery as being in prison. Also named with Janet Wharrie (C/JO/3025). Presbytery recorded that the group of witches were in prison and Mr Veitch was appointed to send the processes to the King's Advocat. There seems to have been a long delay before Mr Blair reported that the King's advocat said there was nothing so 'momentous as to require a commission to put them to trial'. Ministers appointed to inquire about their imprisonment but no mention if they were released or if the investigation was dropped.
references
name notes
Dumfries Presbytery records CH2/1284/4, pp. 178, 182, 187, 189. None