Coline,Alesone
Case Reference: C/EGD/1226
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1226 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Alesone Coline |
| Case Start Date | 15/7/1629 |
| Case Date | 22/6/1630 |
| Common Name | Coline,Alesone |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Denounced by Alexander Hammilton (c/egd/166). Accused of being part of a supposed plot to kill Sir George Home of Manderston and other justice officials working with him to investigate witches. The others includes James Mowat, writer to the Signet, a bailie and the minister's wife. Also suspected of being involved in a plot devised by Lady Samuelston to kill her husband.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | Duns Law | No |
| Hilltop | Borthwick Hills | No |
She supposedly had sex with the Devil behind some hills, and he had sex with every other woman there.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Sex |
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Cockburn | of Ormiston | Investigator | |
| George Home | Sir of Manderston | Investigator | |
| Patrick Twick | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd S, v3 p. 571 | Commission of investigation. |
| Process Notes | JC26/9 item 1 | Alexander Hammilton document. |
| Process Notes | JC26/10 'Jon Neil' bundle, item 1 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/10 'John Smith and Alison Coline/Nisbet' bundle | for her these references are pre-trial procedures calling witnesses and such like. |
Case Notes
She is described as being the same person as Alisone Nisbet (c/egd/170) by a modern hand in JC26/10, but I do not think they were the same. They are described as being from different places and the 'Coline' accusations differ from the 'Nisbet' ones.