Trial T/JO/1113

Trial Summary
Trial RefT/JO/1113
CaseMoffat,Lillias
AccusedLillias Moffat
Location
Outcome
DefenceNo
High StatusNo
Female Accusers0
Male Accusers0
Pre-Trial
ArrestYes — 22/11/1649
Action DroppedYes — 28/2/1650
Confronting SuspectsNo

Notes: Accused named by Janet Coutts (C/EGD/1817) and presbytery arrest and investigate case. Commission granted and suspects pricked but nothing found against Moffat. Ordered to be released. Ministers had wanted Coutts to be brought to confront those she had named but this seems not to have happened, and this appears to be another example of Coutts' naming without any cause.

DatePrisonLocationFate in Prison
22/11/1649TolboothLanarkReleased

DateAuthorityReason
10/1/1650Committee of Estatesfor trying, confronting and imprisoning

DateType
12/1649Pricking

NameMention TypeTrial OfDate
Jonet Coutts Known Witch T/JO/575