Trial Details
T/JO/1696 Janet Cornfoot
- Name of the accused
- Janet Cornfoot
- Associated case
- C/EGD/2446 (15/2/1705)
- Trial process type
- Mixed Central/Local Court
1563-1736
By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003
associated trials | ||||
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trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
T/JO/1702 | Nicolas Lauson | Mentioneed in trial | no information | |
T/JO/592 | Isobel Adam | Mixed Central/Local Court | no information | |
T/LA/1251 | Betty (Beatrix) Laing | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1709 | Perth Perth |
commissions | ||||
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commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
no recorded commission |
previous commissions | ||||
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commission body | date | |||
no recorded prior commission |
appeals | ||
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central authority | reason | appeal date |
tormenting of a boy | 13/6/1704 |
complaints | |||||
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type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
no recorded complaints |
move to higher legal authority | |
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moved to | date of move |
no recorded move to higher legal authority |
denunciations | |
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denuncation date | dated |
no recorded denunciations |
imprisonments | ||||
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incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
6/1704 | no | None | Pittenweem | no |
tortures | |
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date of torture | torture type |
no recorded tortures |
ordeals | |
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date of ordeal | ordeal type |
no recorded ordeals |
confessions | |||
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central trial confession | date | location | notes |
no | 6/1704 | Pittenweem | None |
no | 6/1704 | Pittenweem | None |
no | 28/6/1704 | Pittenweem | None |
persons associated with the trial | ||||||
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name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
James Stewart | Sir | Lord Advocate | advocate | Prosecutor | no | Involved in trials in 1696-7 and 1709. |
other named witches | ||
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name | trial link | accused link |
Janet Horseburgh | T/JO/1695 | A/EGD/2443 |
Nicolas Lauson | T/JO/1697 | A/EGD/819 |
Lillias Wallace | T/JO/1698 | A/EGD/2444 |
mentioned as a witch | ||||||
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type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
no mentions |