Og,James
Case Reference: C/JO/3107
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3107 |
|---|---|
| Accused | James Og |
| Case Start Date | 4/1597 |
| Case Date | 4/1597 |
| Age at Case | 30 |
| Common Name | Og,James |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Although accused of variety of rituals, which caused harm to others but from which he benefited, but charges were not sufficient to advance to trial.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of using rituals involving taking nine handfuls of earth from one man's rig and throwing on to his own. Accused of going withershins about a kiln in which he was drying corn. Said to have thrown water on the threshhold of a neighbour's house causing his servant to flee.
Ritual Objects
- Stones
- Water
Religious Motifs
- Nine
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 | — |
Other Maleficia Notes: Accused of taking the milk from another woman's cow. Accused of measuring (metting) another man's crops with a white wand and stiking them 9 times so that nothing would grow.
Property Damage Types
- Dairy
- Crops
- Ruidday
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ross | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, p 190-2. | Notes recorded by John Ross, minister at Lumphanan. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1539 | No |