Trial Details
T/JO/81 Katherine Lawder
- Name of the accused
- Katherine Lawder
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1139 (2/7/1630)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| no recorded trials | ||||
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Privy Council | Investigation | 3/11/1629 | None | Commission to bring suspect to Edinburgh to confron Alexander Hamilton. |
| Privy Council | Investigation | 3/12/1629 | None | Commission to investigate case against suspect. |
| Privy Council | Arrest | 1/4/1630 | None | Comission to arrest and ward suspect at request of presbytery. |
| Privy Council | Justiciary | 26/5/1630 | signet | Commission to hold local trial. |
| previous commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | date | |||
| no recorded prior commission | ||||
| appeals | ||
|---|---|---|
| central authority | reason | appeal date |
| supplication from presbytery to ward suspect. | 26/5/1630 | |
| complaints | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
| Suspect's | None | Privy Council | |||
| move to higher legal authority | |
|---|---|
| moved to | date of move |
| no recorded move to higher legal authority | |
| denunciations | |
|---|---|
| denuncation date | dated |
| 4/12/1629 | by Alexander Hammilton |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| 1630 | no | Tolbooth | Haddington | no |
| 1630 | no | Tolbooth | Haddington | 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 |
| no recorded confessions | |||
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Commission to bring her to Edinburgh to confront Alexander Hamilton. Later commissions cover futher investigation, request for warding and finally for trial. Appealed to Privy Council to change the location of their trial to Edinburgh, rather than Haddington. Questioned the competency of the local commissioners. Appeal denied.
- 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
- 2/7/1630
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- P/JO/3539
- presbytery
- Haddington
- county
- Haddington
- burgh
- Haddington
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
- Note in presbytery records the brethren called to appear at assize to try the suspect on 2/7/1630.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| Robert Richardson | Mr | sheriff | None | Prosecutor | no | Involved in cases and trials in 1630. Name spelt Richartsone. |
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 |
| Alexander Hammiltoun | T/LA/15 | A/EGD/155 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||