Unlike most Stirling witchcraft cases, this one has a clear ending. Mitchell was accused of murder by witchcraft over two children who drowned, held for fifteen weeks, tested by pricking, which looked for a mark on the body that could not feel pain, and acquitted. The location marker is the Old Town, where the Tolbooth stood, and it is approximate.
It is a useful case because it shows that not every accusation ended in execution.
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