Nemo,Agnes
Case Reference: C/EGD/230
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/230 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Agnes Nemo |
| Case Start Date | 5/1657 |
| Case Date | 6/7/1658 |
| Common Name | Nemo,Agnes |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Mostly nieghbourhood dispute with some mentions of healing. The main accusations are quarrels and curses about grazing and milk.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She was caught using two shears and she cursed the man who found her.
Ritual Objects
- Shears
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: Quarrels about grazing cattle in other people's corn. Lots of people witnessed this cursing and scolding incident that eventually led to her being beaten. And Agnes accused a milk seller of watering the product - the cow gave blood instead of milk.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Clifton | Investigator | ||
| Alexander John | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Process Notes | JC26/25 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1568 | 6/7/1658 | 1658 | No |