Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

Trial Details

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
no recorded move to higher legal authority

denunciations
denuncation date	dated
no recorded denunciations

tortures
date of torture	torture type
no recorded tortures

ordeals
date of ordeal	ordeal type
no recorded ordeals

Pre-trial notes: Must have been moved from Edmestoun to Musselburgh sometime before 29/7/1661 the date of her second confession and trial.
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?: no

verdict: Guilty
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: Trial took place in Musselburgh, but in the High Court, they took the Books of Adjournal out to Musselburgh.

persons associated with the trial
name	title	office	occupation	involvement	witchpricker?	notes
Robert Dalgleish	Mr of Lauriston	substitute advocate to Sir John Fletcher	advocate	Prosecutor	no	Involved in cases/trials in 1661.
Thomas Baillie	None	None	None	Chancellor	no	?Edington. Involved in trials in 1661.

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