Patersone,Alleson
Case Reference: C/EGD/211
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/211 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Alleson Patersone |
| Case Start Date | 21/1/1650 |
| Case Date | 21/1/1650 |
| Common Name | Patersone,Alleson |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: The whole case is about quarrels about daily business and household dealings, followed by curses and threats, followed by illnesses and household problems. Interestingly, an unknown presbytery commentator on the case wrote that they needed more evidence concerning the quarrels and threats!
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: Quarrels, threats (and curses) followed by illness. The quarrels about borrowing a courche (kerchief/ cap), cloth bought on credit, refusal to pay, milling wheat. She supposedly caused male impotence (the night after a wedding) after a quarrel.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Burgess | Commissioner | requested | |
| John Crichton | of Crawfordton | Commissioner | requested |
| James Douglas | of Mawswall | Commissioner | requested |
| Thomas Ferguson | of Caitloch | Commissioner | requested |
| Thomas MacBurnie | Commissioner | requested | |
| Robert Richardson | Commissioner | requested |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Process Notes | JC26/13 Bundle A |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1504 | No |
Case Notes
Part of a group of 7 investigated by the presbytery of Dumfries on this date.