Trial Details
T/JO/616 Jon Stewart
- Name of the accused
- Jon Stewart
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1748 (20/2/1677)
- 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/614 | Jonet Mathie | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1677 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew Paisley |
T/JO/615 | Annabell Stewart | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1677 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew Paisley |
T/JO/618 | Bessie Weir | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1677 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew Paisley |
commissions | ||||
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commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
Privy Council | Justiciary | 18/1/1677 | signet | None |
previous commissions | ||||
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commission body | date | |||
no recorded prior commission |
appeals | ||
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central authority | reason | appeal date |
no recorded appeals |
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 |
1/1677 | no | Tolbooth | Paisley | 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 | 10/7/1677 | Pollok | None |
no | 7/1/1677 | Paisley | None |
no | 27/1/1677 | None | None |
persons associated with the trial | ||||||
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name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
George Ross | Lord Ross | None | None | Judge | no | Involved in trials in 1677. |
Robert Alexander | of Blackhouse | None | None | Prosecutor | no | Commissioner in 1662 and involved in cases in 1663 and 1677. Probably related to John Alexander LA/1122. |
other named witches | ||
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name | trial link | accused link |
Bessie Weir | T/JO/618 | A/EGD/1728 |
Margret Jackson | T/JO/617 | A/EGD/1729 |
Marjory Craig | T/JO/619 | A/EGD/1727 |
Annabell Stewart | T/JO/615 | A/EGD/1730 |
mentioned as a witch | ||||||
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type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
no mentions |