Reid,Christian
Case Reference: C/EGD/2148
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2148 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Christian Reid |
| Case Start Date | 15/4/1597 |
| Case Date | 15/4/1597 |
| Common Name | Reid,Christian |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
No confession of pact but her dittay implies that that she was in Satan's thrall. Also Christonday mentioned in the verbal prayer to remove bewitchment but Reid did not describe who this was.
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Spirit | Christonday |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Confessed that she offered to remove a bewitchment from a mill. Went to another accused person, Katherine Gerard, who told her to take sand from the north door of the mill and throw it over the wheels and stones in the name of God and Christonday. The mill then started to work again. Also confessed that she and Gerard had met and with a feather had cast the bewitchment on the mill earlier.
Ritual Objects
- Sand
- Feathers
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
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 to assisting another accused bewitch a mill and then went to the miller and offered to remove the bewitchment in return for reward.
Property Damage Types
- Mill
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Crawford | Chancellor | ||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute | |
| Alexander Rutherford | Prosecutor |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, pp. 173-4, 175-6. | |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol V, pp. 67-8. | Accounts for execution. |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1488 | 15/4/1597 | 1597 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |