On November 25, 1628, the judicial machinery of early modern Scotland turned its attention toward William Dageris, a resident of Ulstoun in Roxburgh. At a time when the legal framework surrounding witchcraft was becoming increasingly structured, William was formally identified within the administrative records of the Justiciary Court under case file C/EGD/1055. His apprehension marked the beginning of a process that would ultimately bring him before the authorities in the county of Roxburgh, as documented in the trial records categorized under T/LA/601.
The records provide little information regarding the specific nature of the allegations brought against William, yet they offer a clear testament to the procedural rigor of the period. As a male defendant in a legal landscape where women were statistically more likely to face such accusations, his case represents a notable entry in the broader history of the Scottish witch trials. Following his initial processing in late 1628, the subsequent trial held in Roxburgh served to resolve the charges leveled against him, cementing his place in the historical archive of seventeenth-century Scottish jurisprudence.