Trial process details |
| Associated case |
Weir,Bessie
(1677)
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| Trial process type |
Mixed central/local |
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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 |
Other information |
| Arrest |
Yes
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| Fled |
Yes
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Pre-trial notes |
| Commission for trial issued although suspect already imprisoned. Commission specified no torture. The text is in JC10/4. Weir escaped from prison and fled to the parish of Carmanack (?Kilmarnock) where she pretended to be Bessie Aikin, married to a man named Chrystie in Glasgow. |
Trial phase
| Trial date | 14/2/1677 |
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| Place of trial - parish | P/ST/1328 |
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| Place of trial - presbytery | Paisley |
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| Place of trial - county | Renfrew |
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| Place of trial - burgh | Paisley |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
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| Sentence | Execution |
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| Local trial with central representative | Yes |
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| General trial notes | She had a Privy Council commission for trial, and 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. |
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People involved with trial
Post-trial phase
| Execution | Yes |
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| Execution method | Strangle & Burn |
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| Execution date | 20/2/1677 |
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| Execution location | Gallow Green |
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| Execution place - parish | Paisley |
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| Post-trial notes | between 2-4 in the afternoon |
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