Burnett,Geilles
Case Reference: C/EGD/584
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/584 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Geilles Burnett |
| Case Start Date | |
| Case Date | 9/5/1671 |
| Common Name | Burnett,Geilles |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: She was delated by two other known witches as having consulted them for the murdering of her husbands. She supposedly received help with her charms for killer her husbands.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Anti-baptism | |
| Paction |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: On both accused killings she placed something under her then husband's bed. For her first husband it was an piece of enchanted raw flesh. For the second it was enchanted powder - the powder supposedly caused him to have problems in is 'privy parts' with burning.
Ritual Objects
- Flesh
- Powder
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: She was accused of bewitching her two husbands to death. Accused of damaging a man's private parts with a powder.
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/2 fo. 15v-18r | |
| Process Notes | JC26/40 first bundle | |
| Process Notes | JC26/38 Aberdeen Roll |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1153 | 9/5/1671 | 1671 | Not Guilty | No |