Stewart,Cristian
Case Reference: C/EGD/129
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/129 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Cristian Stewart |
| Case Start Date | 18/11/1596 |
| Case Date | 27/11/1596 |
| Common Name | Stewart,Cristian |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Political Motive | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: This seems to have been a killing of a high ranking person. She was investigated in the presence of King James VI.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: witchcraft cast by one blak clout with a thing made of iron in it. She left the clout near a gate where P. Ruthven often walked. She gave the black clout to the Devil. She also took P. Ruthven to a loch where she had left he clout. She claimed that the black clout was made by Katherine Stewart (nik gourdue). When she was going to be apprehended for his illness she tried to cure him with a herb bath
Ritual Objects
- Cloth
- Iron
- Herb
- Water
Harm
| Human Illness | — |
|---|---|
| Human Death | ✓ |
| Animal Illness | — |
| Animal Death | — |
| Female Infertility | — |
| Male Impotence | — |
Methods
| Aggravating Disease | — |
|---|---|
| Transferring Disease | — |
| Laying On | ✓ |
| Quarreling | — |
| Cursing | — |
| Poisoning | — |
Healing / Other
| Removal of Bewitchment | — |
|---|---|
| Recognised Healer | — |
| Healing Humans | — |
| Healing Animals | — |
| Midwifery | — |
| Property Damage | — |
| Weather Modification | — |
Disease Notes: tried to cure as well.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Bannatyne | Mr | Investigator | |
| Robert Bruce | Mr. | Investigator | |
| Robert Burn | Mr | Investigator | |
| Clement Con | Investigator | ||
| William Cooper | Mr | Investigator | |
| Henry Elder | Notar | ||
| Patrick Galloway | Mr | Investigator | |
| Thomas Gaw | Mr | Notar | |
| George Home | Earl of Dunbar | Investigator | |
| Alexander Lindsay | Mr | Notar | |
| Archibald Moncreiff | Mr of Blagony | Investigator | |
| Gilbert Moncreiff | Mr | Investigator | |
| John Roife | Mr | Notar | |
| William Rynd | Mr | Investigator | |
| Robert Sinclair | Mr | Investigator | |
| William Stewart | Investigator | ||
| John Wallace | Mr | Investigator | |
| Alexander Young | Mr | Investigator | |
| William Young | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/3 fo 145, 147-148 | Also listed in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 27/11/1596 |
| Pitcairn | v i, part II, p. 399-400 | same text as JC2/3 |
| Process Notes | JC26/12 | The documents for this case are misfiled, they should be in an earlier box. JC26/12 contains documents from 1638-40! |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/873 | 27/11/1596 | 1596 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |
Case Notes
Accused of killing Patrick Ruthven