Trial T/LA/50

Trial Summary
Trial RefT/LA/50
CasePatersoune,Bartie
AccusedBartie Patersoune
Trial Date18/12/1607
Location
SettlementEdinburgh
Outcome
VerdictGuilty
SentenceExecution
DefenceNo
High StatusNo
Female Accusers2
Male Accusers4
Executed
Method: Strangle & Burn
Place: Castle Hill
Pre-Trial
Confronting SuspectsNo

Notes: His deposition (ie confession) was given to the Presbytery of Dalkeith on 3/9/1607 and many days thereafter. There was also an accusation of slander against a man for whom he removed a bewitchment, the apparent causer of his illness charged for slander.

DatePlaceLocationCentralRecordedTextRetracted
Dalkeith
10/12/1607 Edinburgh
3/9/1607 Dalkeith
10/9/1607 Dalkeith
18/9/1607 Dalkeith
29/9/1607 Dalkeith