Craig,Marjory
Case Reference: C/EGD/1744
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1744 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Marjory Craig |
| Case Start Date | 1/2/1677 |
| Case Date | 20/2/1677 |
| Common Name | Craig,Marjory |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Was involved with Pollock witches to kill Maxwell of pollock. Described as hating Maxwell. The whole group seems to have had a problem with Maxwell, their landlord. Could be that they were doing something in protest.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: There were two meetings described in confessions of this group to destroy Maxwell of Pollock. The first in 10/1676, the second on 4/1/1677. Both involved image magic.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | Mathie's | No |
| House | John Stewart's | No |
Devil described as a black man, with a bluish band, white hand cuffs, and hogers (leg coverings) with no shoes, and with cloven fee. His name was Ejuall. His voice was described as 'hough and goushe'.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| New name | Rajeru |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | black man |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She was part of the rituals to kill Maxwell of Pollock with wax images. Doesn't say why she hated him.
Ritual Objects
- Fire
- Wax/clay images
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: She supposedly killed her son in Ireland
- Murder
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson | the younger of Dowhill | Commissioner | |
| James Brisbane | of Bishopton | Commissioner | |
| Patrick Houstoun | Sir of that Ilk | Commissioner | |
| John Preston | Mr of Haltrees | Commissioner | |
| John Shaw | Sir of Greenock | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 5, 104 | Note that commission granted to same people who were granted a commission of 18/1/1677 (Jonet Mathie etc C/EGD/1749) |
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/4 |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/619 | 14/2/1677 | 1677 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |