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TAP Field Report No. 5Place of execution: Scalloway, Gallow HillVerdict:“to be hangit upone the geibitt to the death”.Source: Barclay 1967: 1171616Convicts:Katherine JonesdochterJonka DyneisBarbaray ScordRobert BoundsoneTrial: Scalloway, October 3, 1616Committed crime: witchcraft, contact with the devil, thieverySentence:strangled and burnt (females), hanged (male)Place of execution:Verdict:Source: Donaldson 1991: 43Scalloway, Gallow Hill(Katherine Jonesdochter, Jonka Dyneis, Barbaray Scord) “to be tane by thelockmane to the place of execution abone Berrie useit and wount efter noneand thair to be wirryet at ane staik quhill they be dead and thairefter to bebrunt in ashes…”(Robert Boundsone) “to be taken to the same place and hangit to the deathupoun the geibitt for certane poyntis of thift and commone bruit thereof”.1618Convict:William SutherlandTrial: Scalloway, August 20, 1618Committed crime: murderSentence:beheaded by the MaidenPlace of execution: outside Scalloway castleVerdict:to be taken by the lockman “to the west end of the gairdin and thair hishead to be dung fra his shoulders be the maiden.”Source: Donaldson 1991: 711618Convict:John ThomsonTrial: Scalloway, August 25, 1618Committed crime: bestialitySentence:strangled and burntPlace of execution: Scalloway, Gallow HillVerdict:“to be taken by the lockman to the Gallow Hill and there with his mear to bewirried at ane staik to the daith and brunt in ashes.”Source: Donaldson 1991: 72 f.1625Convicts:Robert IngsetterMarioun ThomasdochterTrial: Scalloway, October 14, 1625Committed crime: thieverySentence:hanged (male), thrown down the cliffs (female)Place of execution: Scalloway, Gallow Hill (gallows)42
Gallow hills‘Luckymenis Ness’ (cliffs)Verdict:(Robert Ingsetter) to be taken by the lockman, with his hands boundbehind his back, to the hill above Berrie, “quhilk is the place of execution”,and there to be hanged…(Marioun Thomasdochter) “to be taken by the lockman and hir handbound behind hir back to the point of Luckymenis Ness and thair cassingover the craig in the sea and drowned to the death.”Source: Donaldson 1991: 1241628Convict:Mans ChristopherssonTrial: Scalloway, November 5, 1628Committed crime: thieverySentence:hangedPlace of execution: Scalloway, Gallow HillVerdict:“to be taken by the lockman, his hands bund behind his back, to the GallowHill, the place of execution, and there hanged.”Source: Donaldson 1991: 1461628Convict:William CogillTrial: Scalloway, November 26, 1628Committed crime: thieverySentence:hangedPlace of execution: Scalloway, Gallow HillVerdict:“to be taken by the lockman, his hands tied behind his back, to the Gallow Hill,the place of execution, and there be hanged.”Source: Donaldson 1991: 1541644Convict:Marion Peebles alias PardoneMargaret GuthramdaughterTrial: Scalloway, 21 March 1644Committed crime: witchcraftSentence:strangled and burntPlace of execution:Verdict:Scalloway, Gallow Hill (Hill of Berrie)“to be taken brought hence to the place of execution to the Hill of Berrie andthere wyryt at ane stak and brunt in ashes betwix and 2 aftirnoone”Source: Hibbert 1822: 575 and 593-602c.1675Convicts:Helen Stewarther motherTrial: ?Committed crime: witchcraftSentence:strangled and burntPlace of execution: ShetlandVerdict: ?43
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