In the early months of 1630, Margaret Affleck, a resident of the burgh of Dumfries, became the subject of formal legal scrutiny regarding allegations of witchcraft. The records of her case, indexed under C/EGD/1181, mark the beginning of a process that would ultimately bring her before the courts during a period of heightened concern regarding the supernatural in early modern Scotland. On the 4th of February, the administrative machinery of the judicial system began to document the proceedings against her, setting the stage for the formal legal inquiry that followed.
Following the initial documentation of the case, Margaret was brought to trial under the reference T/LA/688. The records confirm that her pursuit through the Scottish legal system was conducted in accordance with the established statutory framework of the time. While the specific testimonies and the ultimate verdict of the court remain preserved within these archival layers, the records of Margaret serve as a clear illustration of the bureaucratic and legal processes that defined the experience of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Dumfries.