Gerard,Katherine
Case Reference: C/EGD/2149
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2149 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Katherine Gerard |
| Case Start Date | 15/4/1597 |
| Case Date | 15/4/1597 |
| Common Name | Gerard,Katherine |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: No mention of any demonic features or pact. All malefice and association with other accused witches.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Ritual Objects
- Bread
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: Accused of having cast an illness onto the miller. Also accused of sending a poisoned loaf (leaff) to 2 women who later died. Accused of murdering a man in revenge for 'injuries and wrangis'.
Other Maleficia Notes: Accused of having bewitched a mill but needed the assistance of another accused witch, Christian Reid, to remove the bewitchment.
Property Damage Types
- Mill
- Revenge
- Poisoning
- Murder
Notes: Accused of murdering two women by poisoning and also of murdering her own (first?) husband.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Crawford | Chancellor | ||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute | |
| Alexander Rutherford | Procurator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, pp. 174-7. | |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol V, p 67-8. | Accounts for execution. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1489 | 15/4/1597 | 1597 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |