In February 1629, Kathrene Young, a married woman residing in the settlement of Pirne in the county of Peebles, became the subject of legal proceedings under the jurisdiction of the Scottish judicial system. Her case, indexed in the records as C/EGD/1082, commenced on the 3rd of February. At this time, the judicial framework for addressing charges of witchcraft was intensifying, and the initiation of her case marked the beginning of a formal investigative process that would soon move from initial accusation to a full trial.
Following the initial record of her case, the subsequent legal proceedings were tracked under trial reference T/LA/496. As the process unfolded, Kathrene faced the rigours of a court system designed to examine allegations of maleficium—the commission of harm through supernatural means—which was the primary focus of witch trials during the early modern period in Scotland. Though the historical documentation provides the skeletal framework of the legal action taken against her, these records serve as the definitive account of the transition of Kathrene from a member of the Pirne community to an individual ensnared in the mechanisms of the Scottish courts.