Trial T/LA/1937

Trial Summary
Trial RefT/LA/1937
CaseTait,Anna
AccusedAnna Tait
Trial Date6/1/1635
Trial PlaceTolbooth
Location
ParishP/JO/3539
PresbyteryHaddington
CountyHaddington
BurghHaddington
Outcome
VerdictGuilty
SentenceExecution
DefenceNo
High StatusNo
Female Accusers0
Male Accusers0
Executed
Method: Strangle & Burn
Pre-Trial
ArrestYes — 18/12/1634
Confronting SuspectsNo

Notes: She was first arrested for trying to kill herself. When in prison they asked her why she tried to kill herself. She said she had murdered her first husband and her daughter and turned to the Devil. She confessed it all to the ministers and baillies of Haddington.

DatePlaceLocationCentralRecordedTextRetracted

DateTypeExists
Stocks

DatePrisonLocationFate in Prison
18/12/1634TolboothHaddington

DateBodyTypeSeal
30/12/1634Privy CouncilJusticiary

NameTitleInvolvementWitch Pricker
James Neilson Chancellor
John Wilkie Prosecutor
Post-Trial Notes
To be executed at the usual place.