The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003


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Trial Details

T/LA/626 Marion Hardie

Name of the accused
Marion Hardie
Associated case
C/EGD/1075 (14/3/1629)
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
Privy Council Justiciary 20/1/1629 None None
Privy Council None 5/2/1629 None response to complaint from her son about her being extrajudicially beaten. The PC said the men involved were to be denounced and escheat.
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
Family member 5/2/1629 Privy Council
move to higher legal authority
moved to date of move
no recorded move to higher legal authority
denunciations
denuncation date dated
14/3/1629 by a confessing witch Cristiand Wilson
imprisonments
incarceration date central trial imprison prison location moving
1/1629 no Pit Eyemouth 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 attacked while in the pit of Eyemouth on 19/1/1629 by six men who 'putt violent hands in her persoun, band her armes with towes, and so threw the same about that they disjoynted and mutilat both her armes, and made the sinewes to loupe aunder, . . . (the description goes on to say that she is permanently injured). The men involved were ordered to be denounced and escheat.
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

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
None
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
no recorded named witches

Mentioned as a witch

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