In the winter of 1628, Katherine Mosse, a married woman residing in the settlement of Ligertwode in Berwick, became the subject of formal legal scrutiny regarding allegations of witchcraft. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/1063, initiated a legal process that moved from the initial registration of her name in the records on December 4th to the subsequent proceedings of her trial, cataloged as T/LA/607.
The transition of Katherine from her daily life in Ligertwode to the courtroom highlights the structured, administrative nature of seventeenth-century Scottish judicial responses to charges of maleficium. Throughout the months following her initial implication, Katherine remained the focus of these legal protocols, which were characteristic of the period's rigorous approach to examining individuals accused of pacts or dealings deemed contrary to the established order. The surviving records of her trial, T/LA/607, provide the final preserved account of her entanglement with the judicial authorities during this heightened era of persecution.