Trial Details
T/JO/75 Johne Leyis
- Name of the accused
- Johne Leyis
- Associated case
- C/EGD/2124 (22/3/1597)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/JO/76 | Elspet Leyis | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
| T/JO/83 | Jonet Leyis | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
| T/JO/84 | Violat Leyis | Local Court | 1597 | Aberdeen Aberdeen |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Royal Commision - Unknown Origin | Arrest and Justiciary | 2/2/1597 | Signet | None |
| 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 |
| no recorded imprisonments | ||||
| 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 |
| no recorded confessions | |||
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- None
- 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
- 22/3/1597
- trial place
- Tolbooth
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- Aberdeen
- county
- Aberdeen
- burgh
- Aberdeen
verdict
- verdict
- Half 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
- John and his daughters were absolved from the charges of practising witchcraft and sorcery but were guilty of assocation with known witches ie Wischert and Thomas Leyis. They were ordered to be banished.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| Alexander Rutherford | None | provost | None | Prosecutor | no | Involved in 1597 cases. |
| Alexander Jaffry | None | bailie | None | Prosecutor | no | Involved in cases in 1597. Also spelled Joffray. |
| George Troupt | None | None | None | Chancellor | no | Involved in 1597. |
| Patrick Cheyne | Mr | None | None | Prosecutor | no | Involved in cases in 1597. |
| Andrew Clerk | Mr | Procurator Fiscal | advocate | Prosecutor | no | Involved in cases in 1597. |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Banishment
- executed?
- no
- execution date
- no information
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- no information
- post trial notes
- It would appear that John and his daughters were banished but details are limited. There is a copy of a letter from a minister asking the town clerk of Aberdeen about his daughter Janet who wanted her marriage banns announced. No information about location.
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| Thomas Leyis | T/JO/3 | A/EGD/2068 |
| Johnnet Wischert | T/JO/1 | A/EGD/2067 |
| None | None | |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||