In the early months of 1630, the legal apparatus of Dumfries turned its focus toward Janet Robsoun, a married woman residing within the burgh. On February 4, 1630, Janet became the subject of a formal legal inquiry recorded under case file C/EGD/1185. At this time, the judicial processes concerning witchcraft in Scotland were increasingly formalized, involving the coordination of local magistrates and the central authorities in Edinburgh, reflecting the period's rigorous administrative approach to the charge of malefice.
Following the initial proceedings, the legal trajectory for Janet moved toward the High Court of Justiciary, as indicated by the subsequent trial record T/LA/692. While the specific testimonies or the final verdict remain obscured by the limitations of the extant documentation, her case stands as a representative example of the mid-period of the Scottish witch trials. Like many of her contemporaries, Janet found herself caught within the intersecting social and religious anxieties of seventeenth-century Dumfries, where the accusation of witchcraft necessitated a full examination of her life and conduct under the purview of the Scottish law.