Smith,Isabell
Case Reference: C/EGD/2195
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2195 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Isabell Smith |
| Case Start Date | 23/7/1607 |
| Case Date | 24/7/1607 |
| Common Name | Smith,Isabell |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
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: Appears to have diagnosed if a person was sick or not, but later accused of having bewitched another woman, who later died.
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Presbytery records | CH2/1/1. | See also Henderson 'The History of banchory-Devenick' pp. 216-217. Presbytery records not paginated, use dates. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1263 | No |