Stewart,Jon
Case Reference: C/EGD/1748
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1748 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jon Stewart |
| Case Start Date | 3/1/1677 |
| Case Date | 20/2/1677 |
| Common Name | Stewart,Jon |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Main accusation was involvement in the attempted murder of Maxwell of Pollock - ull details of confession and accusations. He supposedly had malice against Maxwell for arresting his mother. 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: The purpose of the meeting was to destroy Maxwell of Pollock with image magic. It supposedely happened on 4/1/1677. It was the second of two meetings for the same purpose. He confessed that the devil spoke quietly to him to wake him for the midnight meeting.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | his own | No |
Devil described as a black man, with a bluish band, white hand cuffs, and hogers (leg coverings) with no shoes, and with cloven feet. His name was Ejuall. His voice was described as 'hough and goushe'.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Devil's Mark | |
| Anti-baptism | |
| Head and foot | |
| Want nothing | |
| New name | Jonas |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | black man in black clothes |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of attempted murder by roasting wax/clay figures in a fire and inserting pins into the images. A wax image was found in his bedstraw with pins in it exactly were Maxwell felt pain.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- 12:00
Ritual Objects
- Pin
- Wax/clay images
- Fire
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: Confessed that he wanted revenge on Pollok after Pollok had taken his mother prisoner.
- Revenge
- Murder
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson | the younger of Dowhill | Commissioner | |
| Thomas Biggart | Confession Witness | ||
| James Brisbane | of Bishopton | Commissioner | witnessed his confession |
| Allan Dougall | Confession Witness | ||
| Patrick Houstoun | Sir of that Ilk | Commissioner | witnessed his confession |
| David Kennedy | Confession Witness | ||
| George Pollock | Confession Witness | ||
| John Preston | Mr of Haltrees | Commissioner | witnessed his confession |
| John Shaw | Sir of Greenock | Commissioner | |
| John Stevenson | Confession Witness |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 5,xxxv-xxxvi, 95. | Record of commission for trial |
| Maxwell of Pollok Papers | T-PM 107/14/8. | Pollok papers held at Glasgow City Archives. |
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/4 fo. 1r-13v |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/616 | 14/2/1677 | 1677 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |