Trial Details
T/LA/810 Helene Hamiltoun
- Name of the accused
- Helene Hamiltoun
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1264 (7/3/1632)
- 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 | 28/2/1632 | None | None |
| Privy Council | Justiciary | 6/3/1632 | None | appointing judges for her trial |
| 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 | 28/2/1632 | 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 |
| None | no | None | Leith | no |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| 1632 | Irons |
| 1632 | Stocks |
| 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 processed with Marion Lumisden, but their trial dates were set to be different. She was named by Marion Mure and was to be confronted by her. She complained that the minister at Leith arrested her and tortured her. She was kept in irons and her neck and legs were bound together with chains untill she confessed and named others. The PC ordered her released from torture, they admonished the minister and told him not to meddle and arrested the baron-bailie a private man.
- 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?
- yes
Trial phase
- trial date
- 7/3/1632
- 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
- The PC appointed a trial date, doesn't say where the trial will be held.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| David Prymrois | Mr | None | advocate | Judge | no | Involved in cases and trials in 1628-9, 1632 and 1639. Name might also be spelled Primrose. |
| Alexander Pearson | Mr | None | None | Judge | no | Involved in cases in 1629 and 1632. |
| John Dunlop | None | None | None | Judge | no | Involved in cases and trial in 1632. He was a commissioner and judge. |
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 | ||||||