Trial process details |
Associated case |
Stewart,Jon
(1677)
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Trial process type |
Mixed central/local |
Pre-trial central actions
Commissions |
Commissioning body |
Commission type |
Date |
Notes |
Privy Council |
Justiciary |
18/1/1677 |
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Pre-trial local actions
Imprisonments |
Date |
Prison |
Location |
1/1677 |
Tolbooth |
Paisley |
Confessions |
Date |
Place |
Location |
10/7/1677 |
|
Pollok |
7/1/1677 |
Tolbooth |
Paisley |
27/1/1677 |
|
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Pre-trial notes |
Commission for trial issued although suspect already imprisoned. Commission specified no use of torture. Text of commission in JC10/4. |
Trial phase
Trial date | 14/2/1677 | Place of trial - parish | P/ST/1328 | Place of trial - presbytery | Paisley | Place of trial - county | Renfrew | Place of trial - burgh | Paisley | Defence | Yes | Verdict | Guilty | Sentence | Execution | Local trial with central representative | Yes | General trial notes | He had a Privy Council commission for trial, but he was tried in front of what looks like a local trial with central representation. Edinburgh officials were sent out to the trial, and the trial appears in the minute books of the circuit court. |
People involved with trial
Post-trial phase
Execution | Yes | Execution method | Strangle & Burn | Execution date | 20/2/1677 | Execution location | Gallow Green | Execution place - parish | Paisley | Execution place - county | Renfrew | Execution place - burgh | Paisley | Post-trial notes | due to be executed between 2-4 in the afternoon. |
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