In the summer of 1629, the legal authorities turned their attention toward John Greinscheills, a resident of Dundraven in the county of Lanark. The documentation preserved in the historical record (C/EGD/1109), dated the 1st of August, formalizes the initiation of proceedings against him. At a time when the Scottish legal system was increasingly focused on the identification and prosecution of those suspected of witchcraft, John became the subject of a rigorous judicial inquiry that would traverse multiple jurisdictional channels.
The procedural path for John is marked by two distinct entries in the judicial registers (T/JO/2179 and T/LA/703). These records indicate that his case moved beyond a mere local accusation, requiring formal trial proceedings under the auspices of the early modern Scottish court system. While the precise nature of the charges brought against him remains obscured by the brevity of the surviving court papers, the existence of these records confirms that John was subjected to the full weight of the legal mechanisms employed during this period of intense scrutiny regarding diabolical influence and maleficium.