Trial Details
T/JO/1261 Jonat Davidsone
- Name of the accused
- Jonat Davidsone
- Associated case
- C/EGD/2153 (29/8/1598)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/JO/1308 | Issobell Richie | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
| T/JO/1312 | Margrat Og | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
| T/JO/1313 | Helene Rogie | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
| T/JO/1314 | Jonat Lucas | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
| T/JO/1316 | Beatrix Robbie | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
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 |
| no recorded denunciations | |
| 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
- None
- 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
- 24/4/1597
- trial place
- Tolbooth
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- Aberdeen
- county
- Aberdeen
- burgh
- Aberdeen
verdict
- verdict
- Guilty
- 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
- She was found guilty of being an evil neighbour and banished from the sheriffdom of Aberdeen. Appears to have moved and was in trouble the next year. Need to link her trial to several others whose records have not been done.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff depute | None | Sheriff-depute | no | Involved in 1597-8 cases in Aberdeen. |
| Alexander Rutherford | None | provost | None | None | no | Involved in 1597 cases. |
| John Leslie | of Balquhan | None | None | None | no | Involved in cases in 1597-8. |
| John Irving | None | None | None | Chancellor | no | Chancellor of Aberdeen trials in 1598. |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Banishment
- 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 |
| Margerat Bane | T/JO/1310 | A/JO/2894 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||