Diksone,Janet
Case Reference: C/EGD/213
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/213 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Janet Diksone |
| Case Start Date | 21/1/1650 |
| Case Date | 21/1/1650 |
| Common Name | Diksone,Janet |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Seems to be mostly neighbourhood dispute. She is described as flyting, threatening and cursing 'fearfully'. Person commenting in writing on the dittay said that the holy well incident was a charm not witchcraft.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She told the parents of a sick child to send it to St. Jroganis well. The whole thing failed and the child died. This is St Jergan's well at Islesteps.
Ritual Objects
- Water
Religious Motifs
- Holy well
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: Failed healing attempt
Other Maleficia Notes: Aqua Vitae is most probably whisky. She caused a woman's aqua vitae barrels to dry up after being refused a sale.
Property Damage Types
- Aqua Vitae
- Charming
| 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/1505 | No |
Case Notes
Part of a group of seven investigated by the Presbytery of Dumfries on this date.