Johnston,Bessie
Case Reference: C/LA/3278
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/LA/3278 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Bessie Johnston |
| Case Start Date | |
| Case Date | 26/2/1635 |
| Common Name | Johnston,Bessie |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Paction | |
| Anti-baptism | |
| Sex | |
| Body and soul |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: used foxtree leaves to kill a woman
Ritual Objects
- Herb
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 | — |
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cockburn | of Rysa | Commissioner | |
| Alexander Nisbet | Sir of that Ilk | Commissioner | |
| Oliver Sinclair | Mr | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Privy Council Register of Commissions | MS Adv. 31.3.10, f.105v |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1938 | No |