On September 17, 1629, Christian Thomesoun, a resident of Penicuik in the county of Edinburgh, became the subject of a legal proceeding that remains preserved in the judicial records of the era as case C/EGD/1128. Her involvement with the legal authorities was not an isolated event; she was processed alongside two other individuals, suggesting a collective accusation common to the period’s approach to investigating suspected malefice.
Little remains to illuminate the specifics of the allegations brought against Christian, as the archival record remains notably sparse regarding the nature of the charges or the testimony provided during the subsequent judicial process. Following her initial appearance, the matter moved to the Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, where the trial (T/JO/321) was held later that year. Beyond the confirmation of these dates and locations, the surviving documentation offers no further details regarding the outcome of the proceedings or the final fate of Christian.