High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Paisley witches, also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697. Eleven-year-old Christian Shaw, daughter of the Laird of Bargarran, complained of being tormented by a number of local witches, including one of her family`s servants, Catherine Campbell, whom she had reported to her mother after witnessing her steal a glass of milk.