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Agnes Finnie (died 6 March 1645) was an Edinburgh shopkeeper and moneylender who was executed for witchcraft on 6 March 1645.
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Agnes Finnie, widow of James Roberston, sold consumer goods, such as fish and cakes in Potterrow, Edinburgh. She had a reputation for cursing people in her neighbourhood.She was charged with causing harm to several neighbours, including an attack on her neighbour, James Cochrane .
In June 1644, she was arrested on 20 counts of witchcraft and sorcery. She was tried on 20 December 1644 and executed on the Castle Hill of Edinburgh on Thursday, 6 March 1645.
Posthumous petition for pardon
In 2008, Agnes Finnie's name was one of thousands presented for posthumous pardon to the Scottish Parliament.
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