Trial Details
T/JO/90 Jeane Craig
- Name of the accused
- Jeane Craig
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1605 (26/4/1649)
- 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 |
| None | Investigation | 28/3/1649 | None | None |
| Committee of Estates | Justiciary | 20/4/1649 | None | They gave permission for the Justice courts to go out to Tranent for the trial |
| previous commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | date | |||
| no recorded prior commission | ||||
| appeals | ||
|---|---|---|
| central authority | reason | appeal date |
| presbytery request commission to try and judge her | 11/4/1649 | |
| 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 |
| 17/3/1649 | letter from people recounting her past |
| 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 | 9/4/1649 | Haddington | None |
| no | 31/3/1649 | Tranent | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Note in presbytery records warrant from Lord Chancellor to deal with accused and bring her 'to confession'. Confessed to the ministers of Tranent and other witnesses. The records state that they went to the Committee of Estates for a commission because there wasn't a quorum of the Privy Council. She had previously been put out of Preston and forced to beg forgivness for cursing and blowing in people's faces.
- 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
- 27/4/1649
- trial place
- Tolbooth
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- P/ST/1525
- presbytery
- Haddington
- county
- Haddington
- burgh
- no information
verdict
- verdict
- no information
- defence
- no
- female accusers
- 4
- male accusers
- 11
- 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
- Presbytery notes request from Robert Balcanquhal for the brethren to attend the next Friday at Craige's assize. We have an order for the trial dated 26/4/1649 and empowering Ramsay as the prosecutor.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| Robert Balcanquhal | Mr | None | minister | Minister | no | Involved in 1649. Minister 1614, suspended by General Assembly in 1649 and deprived in 1650. Restored in 1663. |
| Beigis Wallace | None | None | None | Witchcraft acquired from | no | Mentioned in trial in 1649. |
| George Ramsay | None | Substitute to Lord Advocate | None | Prosecutor | no | The majesty's advocate was listed as Mr Thomas Mitchesone, the substitute was subscribed by his hand. Involved in trial in 1629. Related to Simon Ramsay (JO/300) and may also have been related to John Ramsay (LA/1663). |
| James Carfra | None | None | None | Chancellor | no | Involved in trial in 1649. |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- no information
- executed?
- yes
- execution date
- 1/5/1649
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- Strangle & Burn
- post trial notes
- None
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| Beigs Wallace | T/LA/159 | A/EGD/1114 |
| Margaret Mathesoun | T/LA/161 | A/EGD/1115 |
| Janet Reid | T/LA/163 | A/EGD/1005 |
| Agnes Affleck | T/LA/1527 | A/LA/2980 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||