Comments on: 1670: Major Thomas Weir, a Puritan with a double life http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ExecutedToday.com » 1679: The hot-blooded Lady Christian Nimmo http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-12220 ExecutedToday.com » 1679: The hot-blooded Lady Christian Nimmo Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:12:48 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-12220 [...] always professed to be a religious man, and a rigid Presbyterian. [Edinburgh's rigid Presbyterians had a recurring misconduct problem. -ed.] Mrs. Nimmo, besides being a very beautiful woman, was of a violent and impulsive nature. She [...] [...] always professed to be a religious man, and a rigid Presbyterian. [Edinburgh's rigid Presbyterians had a recurring misconduct problem. -ed.] Mrs. Nimmo, besides being a very beautiful woman, was of a violent and impulsive nature. She [...]

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » 1788: William “Deacon” Brodie, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde inspiration http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-11596 ExecutedToday.com » 1788: William “Deacon” Brodie, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde inspiration Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:26 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-11596 [...] later, native Edinburgher Robert Louis Stevenson would tap this extraordinary local history (and maybe some similar predecessors) as inspiration for that classic novelistic exploration of the soul’s duality, The Strange [...] [...] later, native Edinburgher Robert Louis Stevenson would tap this extraordinary local history (and maybe some similar predecessors) as inspiration for that classic novelistic exploration of the soul’s duality, The Strange [...]

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » Seven Generic Halloween Costumes You Can Spice Up With an Execution Story http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-2000 ExecutedToday.com » Seven Generic Halloween Costumes You Can Spice Up With an Execution Story Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:01:56 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-2000 [...] More complex occultist disguises might consider presenting themselves as poisoner La Voisin, author Jacques Cazotte or the Weirs. [...] [...] More complex occultist disguises might consider presenting themselves as poisoner La Voisin, author Jacques Cazotte or the Weirs. [...]

]]> By: Rowan Hunter http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-1165 Rowan Hunter Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:30:09 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/11/1670-major-thomas-weir/#comment-1165 Great article, I find the last two paragraphs particularly interesting. That is the fascinating thing about Weir, that he doesn't appear the hapless victim of a frame-up as do so many "withches" but that he actively believed he was a warlock and acted in spite of a society he evidently disdained. It makes you wonder why he confessed at all. I have to say though, that he did do several things that would most certainly be counted as crimes today, not least of which his long career of bestiality. he not only confessed to this but had been caught at it and had it hushed up on the strength of his reputation and the accuser punished in his stead. So, add perjury to the list as well. There is some case as well for saying that he was a war criminal, but you would be pointing at lot of fingers in covenanting Scotland if you started that! Great article, I find the last two paragraphs particularly interesting. That is the fascinating thing about Weir, that he doesn’t appear the hapless victim of a frame-up as do so many “withches” but that he actively believed he was a warlock and acted in spite of a society he evidently disdained. It makes you wonder why he confessed at all.

I have to say though, that he did do several things that would most certainly be counted as crimes today, not least of which his long career of bestiality. he not only confessed to this but had been caught at it and had it hushed up on the strength of his reputation and the accuser punished in his stead. So, add perjury to the list as well. There is some case as well for saying that he was a war criminal, but you would be pointing at lot of fingers in covenanting Scotland if you started that!

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