Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

Trial Details

associated trials
trial reference	accused	trial type	trial year	trial place
no recorded trials

commissions
commission body	type	date	seal	notes
Privy Council	Arrest	28/7/1603	None	listed in the complaint of 27/7/1603, as granted to the Laird of Capringtoun, ie William Cunynghame
Privy Council	Suspension of Justiciary	6/1605	None	suspension of the commission granted to Wallace and Cunynghame.

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
Suspect's	27/7/1605	Privy Council

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
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 recorded confessions

Pre-trial notes: He was investigated by the Kirk Session of Dundonald between 3 June and 13 July 1604. Lowrie complained about unlawful pursuit, he requested a trial with impartial judges. He complained that John Wallace of Craigie and Willliam Cunninghame of Caprington wanted to try him.
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

verdict: Guilty
defence: no
female accusers: 4
male accusers: 2
recorded as high status?: no
order for central judiciary trial: yes
judiciary trial date: no information
circuit court (mixed central and local): no
circuit name: no information
local court with central representatives: no
trial notes: probable request for central trial, the RPC record was in fragments. Myll declared that Lowrie had inhereted his father's curse but that he had repented.

persons associated with the trial
name	title	office	occupation	involvement	witchpricker?	notes
Thomas Hamilton	Sir of Monkland	Lord Advocate	advocate	Prosecutor	no	Involved in cases in 1596, 1605, 1609 and 1612. High state official. He started at the bench in 1592 ad Lord Drumcairnie, then knighted and became Sir Thomas Hamilton of Monkland. Also called Sir Thomas Hamilton of Bynnie in 1609.
John Wallace	None	None	None	Chancellor	no	Involved in trial in 1605.
David Mill	Mr	None	None	Expert Witness	no	Involved in trial in 1605.

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