Trial Details
T/LA/1683 Jonet Thomson
- Name of the accused
- Jonet Thomson
- Associated case
- C/EGD/345 (27/11/1660)
- 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 |
| no recorded commission | ||||
| 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 |
| Lord Justice General | 27/11/1660 |
| denunciations | |
|---|---|
| denuncation date | dated |
| no recorded denunciations | |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| None | no | Tolbooth | Tranent | no |
| None | no | Tolbooth | Edinburgh | no |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| no recorded tortures | |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| None | Pricking |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no | 27/4/1659 | None | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Earl of the Cassillis Lord Justice General wrote to the kirk session on 25/11/1660. The kirk session said they knew nothing about this except for the confessions that were now in the hands of a church elder Walter Scott. Scott agreed to bring the confessions to the Justice General and question neighbours about her. He specifically asked her neighbours about malefices, charms or superstitions. No witnesses came forward so released on caution. She was visited in the Tolbooth by her husband. The whole thing was referred to the Lord Justice General on 27/11/1660. The note says that lots of people had been released on caution by the JPs sitting in Tranent.
- 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
- no information
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- no information
- 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 on 27/4/1659
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| no recorded additional persons | ||||||
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 |
| Janet Crooks | T/LA/1680 | A/EGD/339 |
| Jonet Douglas | T/LA/1684 | A/LA/3017 |
| Mareone Guild | T/LA/1685 | A/EGD/338 |
| Jonet Bresone | T/LA/1686 | A/LA/3018 |
| Janet Watson | T/LA/1681 | A/EGD/341 |
| Margaret Robertson | T/LA/1687 | A/EGD/327 |
| Elspeth Robertson | T/LA/1688 | A/EGD/316 |
| Jonet Bartlman | T/LA/1690 | A/LA/3019 |
| Cristian Cranstoun | T/LA/1679 | A/EGD/312 |
| Barbara Cochrane | T/LA/1692 | A/EGD/313 |
| John Douglas | T/LA/1682 | A/EGD/335 |
| Elspeth Fouller | T/LA/1691 | A/EGD/332 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||