Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

Trial Details

commissions
commission body	type	date	seal	notes
Privy Council	Justiciary	19/3/1697	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	Renfrew	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

Pre-trial notes: This case was under a Privy council commission (see PC1/51 p. 136-9) along with most of the people tried at the same time. There were other Renfrewshire witchcraft suspects tried at different places and times. I am keeping this as a mixed/central local because the Privy Council maintained very strict control over the proceedings, even though they granted a commission. For details of the proceedings of Privy Council in this matter see the no named witches case c/la/3235.
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

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: initially indicted on 13/4/1697, but released on caution on 19/5/1697. Presumably the charges were not pursued.

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

other named witches
name	trial link	accused link
no recorded named witches

mentioned as a witch
type	name	mention date	fate	linked trialdate	trial link	notes
no mentions