Ratter,Kathren
Case Reference: C/JO/3013
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3013 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Kathren Ratter |
| Case Start Date | 9/6/1708 |
| Case Date | 9/6/1708 |
| Common Name | Ratter,Kathren |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Refused Charity | ✓ | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Notes: The family seems to have been unpopular and asking for alms, which were refused.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Witnesses claimed she cursed a man saying 'God should swarfin his body and his ground' and later the man's body decayed. Swarf - to faint or swoon. Also told family of sick woman who was having blood let that this would not help her. Woman later died.
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 appears to have argued/cursed her neighbours after disputes. Later sickness/death blamed on her. Refused alms, child of house took ill and died - witnesses claimed he had a 'blue weed' (?fever).
White Magic
- Prophesy
- Refusal of alms
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Duncan | Mr | Investigator | |
| John Mitchell | Mr | case referred to Mitchell |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shetland Presbytery records | CH2/1071/1, p 153-155. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1278 | No |