Marwick,Cristian

Case Reference: C/EGD/2286

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/2286
AccusedCristian Marwick
Case Start Date5/4/1643
Case Date6/4/1643
Common NameMarwick,Cristian
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Maleficium
Not Enough Info

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 causing sickness in a cow so that it would not milk, after watching another woman milk it. Also claimed she stroked a sick woman's breast and she later died.

Property Damage Types
  • Dairy

SourceReferenceNotes
Orkney Presbytery RecordsCH2/1082/1, p. 233.See also Dalyell, J G 'The Darker Superstitions of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 1834), pp. 5, 52, 267. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research.
Marwick CollectionD31/4/3.Marwick collection in Orkney Archives also notes there was/is information in Records of Orkney Sheriff Court but the primary source has not been located.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/JO/1399 No