Trial Details
T/JO/1790 Jonet Carfrae
- Name of the accused
- Jonet Carfrae
- Associated case
- C/EGD/23 (3/4/1661)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/JO/1712 | Mareon Quheitt | Local Court | no information | |
| T/JO/1713 | Elspeth Tailyeor | Local Court | no information | |
| T/JO/1789 | Margaret Bartilman | Local Court | no information | |
| T/JO/1791 | Christiane Deanes | Local Court | no information | |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Parliamentary | Justiciary | 3/4/1661 | None | Petition to parliament from Earl of Haddington. He claimed that witchcraft was increasing in his lands and had imprisoned the suspects. He also claimed that two of them were accused of robbery as well. |
| Parliamentary | Justiciary | 3/4/1661 | None | The suspects were guilty and were arrested |
| previous commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | date | |||
| no recorded prior commission | ||||
| appeals | ||
|---|---|---|
| central authority | reason | appeal date |
| From the Earl of Haddington | 3/4/1661 | |
| 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 |
| None | no | Tolbooth | Haddington | no |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| no recorded tortures | |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| 1661 | Searching |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no | 1661 | Haddington | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Earl of Haddington imprisoned the suspects for 10 weeks, had then searched. Claimed that some confessed and named others.Petition to parliament from Earl of Haddington. He claimed that witchcraft was increasing in his lands and had imprisoned the suspects. He also claimed that two of them were accused of robbery as well.
- watched?
- no
- watch date
- no information
- arrested?
- yes
- 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
- no information
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- no information
- burgh
- no information
verdict
- verdict
- no information
- 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
- None
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| no recorded additional persons | ||||||
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 |
| Elizabeth Crafford | T/JO/2164 | A/EGD/1781 |
| Helene Deanes | T/JO/1043 | A/EGD/1343 |
| George Milton | T/JO/2165 | A/JO/2996 |
| Patrick Cathie | T/LA/1317 | A/EGD/507 |
| Anna Pilmure | T/LA/1316 | A/EGD/515 |
| Elizabeth Sinclair | T/JO/2166 | A/EGD/13 |
| Margaret Baptie | T/LA/328 | A/EGD/1907 |
| Jonet Maissone | T/JO/2167 | A/EGD/14 |
| Margaret Argyill | T/JO/2168 | A/EGD/1906 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||