Alison Pearson (wanda ake zargi da mafarauci)

Alison Pearson (ko Pierson) (ko Alesoun Pierson)) (an haife shi a shekara ta 1533, ya mutu a Edinburgh 1588) an kashe shi ne saboda maita. Lokacin da aka yi mata shari'a a shekara ta 1588, ta furta wahayin kotun almara.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Alison Pearson a shekara ta 1533.[1] Ta zauna a Boarhills (Byrehill), Fife, kusa da St Andrews, Fife . [2] Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai warkarwa a yankin St Andrews tare da fatalwa na kawunta, William Simpson, a matsayin jagorar ruhu.[1] Fursunonin Simpson da ke da alaƙa da fairies da wahayinsa sun warkar da Pearson daga rashin lafiya lokacin da take yarinya.[1]￼

 Aiki Farauta 
Patrick Adamson, Archbishop na St Andrews ya binciki ta saboda maita a shekara ta 1583; duk da haka, lokacin da yake rashin lafiya kuma wasu ba za su iya warkar da shi ba, maganin da Pearson ya yi ya haifar da cikakkiyar warkewarsa. Maƙiyan Adamson sun yi iƙirarin cewa wannan maita ce kuma an tsare Pearson a kurkuku a St Andrews Castle, daga inda Adamson ya taimaka mata ta tsere. Marubucin Ballad na Scotland, Robert Sempill, ya rubuta game da Pearson da Adamson.

 Bincike, ikirari da kuma tabbatarwa 
A shekara ta 1588 an sake bincika ta kuma an yi mata shari'a don maita, wanda ya haifar da yanke mata hukunci da kisa ta hanyar konewa. Ɗaya daga cikin zarge-zargen da aka yi mata shi ne cewa "ta shirya wa babban bishop abin sha na madarar mace, claret, ganye, da sauransu, yin 'ane quart att anis, quhilk ya sha att twa drachtis, twa sindrie dyetis" (Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, i. 165).  Bayanan ta sun haɗa da cikakkun bayanai game da cewa "ane lusty mane, tare da mene mony da wemen" suka kai shi kotu. Ta ce ta sadu da Sarauniyar Elves,  an ɗauke ta da guguwa,  kuma tana iya farkawa a wani wuri ba zato ba tsammani. Yeoman ya lura cewa Pearson ta bayyana rasa iko a gefen hagu kuma ana yawan bayyana irin wannan asarar ikon jiki a cikin ikirarin maƙaryaci na lokacin da kuma a cikin bayanin addini na ƙarshen karni na 17 kamar Barbara Peebles.

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