Trial Details
T/JO/627 Janet McNair
- Name of the accused
- Janet McNair
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1758 (3/12/1677)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/JO/626 | John Gray | Local Court | no information | |
| T/JO/628 | Thomas Mitchell | Local Court | 1677 | |
| T/JO/629 | Mary Mitchell | Local Court | 1677 | |
| T/LA/1395 | Jannet Craig | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1677 | |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Privy Council | Investigation | 19/7/1677 | None | commission to examine the prisoners |
| 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 |
| 4/1677 | no | Tolbooth | Stirling | no |
| 3/12/1677 | no | Tolbooth | Edinbrugh | no |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| no recorded tortures | |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| 7/1677 | Pricking |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no recorded confessions | |||
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- PC record supplications from Robert Douglas 5/7/1677 and the magistrates of Stirling 19/7/1677 complaining about the cost of keeping the suspects in prison. They had been in prison for 15 weeks. They want a trial at public expense or release of the prisoners. Commission granted to examine them on 19/7/1667. They were examined and the charged were deemed malicious, and they were released.
- 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
- 2/12/1677
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- no information
- burgh
- no information
verdict
- verdict
- Not Proven
- 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 examined by the lord commissioners and they found no presumption of guilt. The charges were deemed malicious,and they were released.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| no recorded additional persons | ||||||
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Released
- executed?
- no
- execution date
- no information
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- no information
- post trial notes
- no details
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| no recorded named witches | ||
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||