Trial Details
T/LA/1217 Margaret Shearer
- Name of the accused
- Margaret Shearer
- Associated case
- C/LA/2975 (19/5/1697)
- Trial process type
- Mixed Central/Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/LA/1189 | Agnes Naismith | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1697 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew |
| T/LA/1218 | Margaret McKillope | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1697 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew |
| T/LA/1219 | Margaret Ewing | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1697 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew |
| T/LA/1220 | William Miller | Mixed Central/Local Court | no information | |
| T/LA/1221 | John Stewart | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1697 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew |
| T/LA/1222 | Margaret Cunninghame | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1697 | P/ST/1328 Renfrew |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Privy Council | Justiciary | 19/1/1697 | None | 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 |
| 15/4/1697 | no | None | Paisley | 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
- She was not listed in the Privy Council document with the rest of the group. Not sure why.
- watched?
- no
- watch date
- no information
- arrested?
- yes
- arrest date
- 15/4/1697
- 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
- 13/4/1697
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- P/ST/1328
- presbytery
- Paisley
- county
- Renfrew
- burgh
- no information
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
- Indicted with the whole group on this day, then on 19/5/1697 the trial was contined till 28/5/1697. No evidence about whether or not the trial took place
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| John Menzies | Mr of Cammo | None | advocate | Commissioner | no | Involved in trials in 1697. |
| James Stewart | Sir | Lord Advocate | advocate | Commissioner | no | Involved in trials in 1696-7 and 1709. |
| Francis Grant | Mr | None | advocate | Commissioner | no | None |
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 |
| no recorded named witches | ||
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||