Trial Details
T/JO/610 Marion Veitch
- Name of the accused
- Marion Veitch
- Associated case
- C/EGD/694 (20/9/1678)
- Trial process type
- Central Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/JO/609 | Isobell Eliot | Central Court | 1678 | Edinburgh |
| T/JO/611 | Margaret Dods | Central Court | 1678 | Edinburgh |
| T/JO/612 | Helen Laying | Central Court | no information | Edinburgh |
| T/LA/830 | Christian Hogger | Central Court | 1678 | Edinburgh |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Privy Council | None | 13/9/1678 | None | warrant for execution issued |
| 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 |
| 9/1678 | yes | None | Edinburgh | no |
| 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 |
| yes | 11/9/1678 | Edinburgh | None |
| yes | 13/9/1678 | Edinburgh | None |
| no | 1/7/1678 | None | None |
| no | 21/6/1678 | None | None |
| no | 27/6/1678 | None | None |
| no | 20/7/1678 | None | None |
| yes | 21/6/1678 | None | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Warrant for execution issued. Local laird and others requested permission for local trial which appears to have been refused. They were tried eventually in Edinburgh.
- 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?
- yes
Trial phase
- trial date
- 13/9/1678
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- Edinburgh
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- no information
- burgh
- no information
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
- They were to report the execution back to the privy Council.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| no recorded additional persons | ||||||
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Execution
- executed?
- yes
- execution date
- 20/9/1678
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- Strangle & Burn
- post trial notes
- execution took place at Penston Muir not in Edinburgh between 2 and 4 p.m.
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| Barbara Veitch | T/LA/817 | A/EGD/601 |
| Agnes Thomson | T/LA/818 | A/EGD/612 |
| Elizabeth Wood | T/LA/819 | A/EGD/675 |
| Barbara Howdown | T/LA/820 | A/LA/2761 |
| Elspeth Knox | T/LA/821 | A/EGD/613 |
| Marion Campbell | T/LA/814 | A/EGD/605 |
| Margaret Couper | T/LA/1437 | A/LA/2920 |
| Agnes Dalgliesh | T/LA/1438 | A/LA/2921 |
| Jennet Wilson | T/LA/1439 | A/LA/2922 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||