Rogie,Helene
Case Reference: C/JO/3035
| Case Ref | C/JO/3035 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Helene Rogie |
| Case Start Date | 4/4/1597 |
| Case Date | 24/4/1597 |
| Common Name | Rogie,Helene |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: Implicated by assocation with her mother (M. Bane) who was burnt for witchcraft.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of having caused her daughter-in-law's illness, which was made worse with some milk that was given to her by Rogie's own mother (M. Bane). Was seen to be carrying out some strange ritual of measuring some land and building a cairn of stones and also casting 'yerd and stane' over her shoulder. Erd and stane was a symbolic ritual associated with land ownership. Rogie did not answer the person who saw her carry out the ritual, who then took ill and died. An image of a man, made of soft lead (?wax/clay) was found in her purse.
Ritual Objects
- Stones
- Wax/clay images
- Milk
- Earth
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 having cast an illness onto her daughter-in-law (aided by her mother Margaret Bane). Caused oxen and horse of a male neighbour to run wild and die.
Property Damage Types
- Whole Estate
- Halloween
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Irving | |||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute | |
| John Leslie | of Balquhan | Sheriff-depute | |
| Alexander Rutherford | Prosecutor | ||
| John Straughan | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, pp. 145-7, 153-6, 193. | Record of dittay and verdict. No confession |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol V, p 67. | financial accounts of her execution |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1313 | 24/4/1597 | 1597 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |