Trial Details
T/LA/90 Katherene Ross
- Name of the accused
- Katherene Ross
- Associated case
- C/EGD/39 (22/7/1590)
- Trial process type
- Central 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 | None | 5/11/1589 | None | Caution of £2000 by Johnne Campbell of Calder for Mr. Hector Munro of Fowlis that he won't harm her or her servants. |
| Privy Council | None | 1/8/1589 | None | Munro was cautioned to produce her at the tolbooth of Edinburgh 28/10/1589 for her trial, he also had to pay her 40shillings a day in maintenance out of rents he collected from her lands while criminal proceedings were happening. |
| Privy Council | Justiciary | None | None | An old one was mentioned. |
| Privy Council | Suspension of Justiciary | 4/6/1589 | None | Ordered local trials to stop. |
| 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 | |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| 28/10/1598 | yes | Tolbooth | Edinburgh | 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
- Hector Munro of Fowlis was cautioned to produce her at the tolbooth of Edinburgh by 28/10/1589 for her trial. He also had to pay her 40shillings a day in maintenance out of rents he collected from her lands while criminal proceedings were happening.
- 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
- 28/10/1589
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- Edinburgh
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- no information
- burgh
- no information
verdict
- verdict
- Not Proven
- defence
- yes
- female accusers
- 0
- male accusers
- 0
- 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
- The Diet was deserted because the prosecution victims didn't show.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| David MacGill | Mr | None | advocate | Prosecutor | no | Involved in cases in 1586, 1590-1, 1593, 1614 and 1628-9. |
| Thomas Craig | Mr | None | None | Defence | no | Involved in cases/trials in 1590 and 1596. |
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 |
| Margaret Suthirlan | T/LA/167 | A/LA/2587 |
| Bessie Innes | T/LA/168 | A/LA/2588 |
| Margaret Ros | T/LA/169 | A/LA/2589 |
| Margaret Mowat | T/LA/170 | A/LA/2590 |
| Christiane Roiss | T/LA/895 | A/EGD/34 |
| Marion Neyne McAlester | T/LA/896 | A/EGD/35 |
| Agnes Roy | T/LA/899 | A/EGD/38 |
| Thomas McKane More McAllane McEuoch | T/LA/900 | A/EGD/39 |
| Christian Smyth | T/LA/901 | A/EGD/40 |
| Johnne McNilland | T/LA/902 | A/LA/2777 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||