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Crime and Punishment

Elgin Kirk Session

The Kirk Session at Elgin tholed no nonsense in their time.

In 1698, someone tried selling their wife…

The wife-selling saga continued.

In 1592, the kirk had an “imaginative” punishment for a poor woman who self-harmed and heard about how splashed feet almost killed someone.

Sometimes they just couldn’t be bothered with naughty people, like Barbara.