In the winter of 1629, the legal machinery of the Scottish state focused its attention on Katherine Memphersoun, a resident of Ross. On January 20, 1629, Katherine was formally recorded within the judicial system under case reference C/EGD/1077. This initial registration marked the commencement of formal proceedings against her, documenting her identity and place of residence as the primary administrative steps in a process that would ultimately bring her before the court.
Following the initial filing, the transition to the trial phase was documented under reference T/LA/623. As Katherine moved through the rigors of the early modern legal process, the evidence and testimonies gathered in Ross were weighed against the statutes governing witchcraft at the time. The documentation regarding Katherine remains a stark reflection of the intersection between local life in the north of Scotland and the centralized mechanisms of the Scottish witch trials during the early seventeenth century.