Ker,Jonet
Case Reference: C/JO/2846
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/2846 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Ker |
| Case Start Date | 6/5/1629 |
| Case Date | 29/2/1632 |
| Common Name | Ker,Jonet |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Ker denied all charges so difficult to assess characterisation
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Witness told presbytery that Ker had appeared to her while she was in her bed with her husband and had abused her. The witness then took an illness and later on her knees asked Ker three times for her health. Ker denied all the accusations. Later entry in the presbytery minutes about another woman (Christian Adie) who was in trouble for having requested her health from Ker.
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Apparition | as herself |
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 | — |
- Appeasement
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Dickson | Mr | Investigator | appeared to have pursued the case against Ker over several years |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Linlithgow presbytery records | CH2/242/2, p 247, 338-9. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/513 | No |