trial of Mary Mitchell

Scottish witch trial

Wikidata entity: Q43398449



P1595 charge ... Q259745 (witchcraft) witchcraft
P2789 connects with ... Q43403493 (trial of Jannet Craig) trial of Jannet Craig
P17 country ... Q145 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom
P1591 defendant ... Q43393886 (Mary Mitchell) Mary Mitchell
P1922 first line Monolingualtext Pretrial notes: Supplications to PC from Robert Douglas and Stirling magistrates complaining about cost of keeping suspects in prison. They were held in prison for 15 weeks. They want to hold trial at public expense or release the suspects. Commission to examine them issued. They were examined and released. An undated warrant for their release exists. ???
P31 instance of ... Q19902850 (witch trial) witch trial
P31 instance of ... Q112765848 (local trial) local trial
P7209 ordeal by ... Q7242689 (pricking) pricking
P2632 place of detention ... Q23436 (Edinburgh) Edinburgh
P2632 place of detention ... Q182923 (Stirling) Stirling
P585 point in time ... 1677-03-22 ???
P7081 quotation or excerpt Monolingualtext Trial notes: They were examined by the lord commissioners and they found no presumption of guilt and the charges were deemed malicious, they were released. Post trial: no details ???
P793 significant event ... Q40745 (trial by ordeal) trial by ordeal
P793 significant event ... Q841236 (imprisonment) imprisonment
P793 significant event ... Q5152683 (commission of justiciary) commission of justiciary
P11922 verdict ... Q2920228 (not proven) not proven

External Ids
P4532Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Trial IDT/JO/629

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