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Offline terianne

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Re: St Boswells (Lessudden)
« Reply #9 on: Monday 26 September 11 12:56 BST (UK) »
I forgot to to tell you what would have happened to them if convicted under Scottish Law for Withcraft back then.

They could be tortured & pricked prior to trial if premission granted and if convicted in court (it was a bit like a Kangaroo court) they were strangled then burnt and ashed scattered.

All because someone had a grudge against them.
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