Case Details
C/LA/2755 David Roy
- name of accused
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David Roy
- designated title
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no information
- Accused Reference
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A/LA/2651
- Case date start
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13/2/1601
- Given case date
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no information
- Case commission
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no information
- case complaint
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no information
- case correspondence
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no information
- case chronicle
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no information
- other details
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no information
characterisation
- consulting (secondary characteristic)
- other (secondary characteristic)
- other (primary characteristic)
- other text witchcraft and rape
- Characterisation Notes
- Consulted a witch for seduction.
| additional persons |
| name |
involvement |
notes |
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Colin Eviot
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Investigator |
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Qualitative information
Non-natural beings
- Notes
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None
Demonic pacts
witches meetings
- Notes
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None
Meeting places
musical instruments
Folk culture
- Notes
- He tried to use witchcraft and potions to seduce the daughter of his employer, 'by the dobbing on ane apple and ifusing of ane portioun of his awn natur in it' and getting her to eat it, laced her drink with 'Spaniyie fleis, gave her a drink made with daphindillie, then consulted a witch. None of this worked so he raped her.
Counter strategies
white magic
Elf/fairy elements
Shape-changing
Ritual objects
Religious motif
Calendar customs
Diseases or illness
- Notes
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None
Cause of witch's malice
Other maleficia
Damage to property
weather modification
- Notes
- None
Other charges
- Notes
- None
Plea
- Claimed bewitched
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no
- Claimed possessed
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no
- Admitted lesser charges
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no
- No defence
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no
- Claimed natural causes
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no
- Notes
- None
- Case Notes
- More a case about rape and consulting, but provides interesting information about the services and potions provided by 'witches'.
| references |
| name |
notes |
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RPC
v6 p. 241-2
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None |
