In August of 1630, the legal records of Ross document the case of Dod nine siacke Moir, a resident of Little Allan. The judicial proceedings, indexed under case number C/EGD/1236, mark a formal entry into the Scottish criminal record during a period of heightened concern regarding the supernatural. Little is known of the specific events preceding the intervention of the court, but the registration of the case on the 9th of August initiated a transition from the private sphere of the community to the formal scrutiny of the legal authorities.
Following the initiation of the case, the trial of Dod nine siacke, referenced in the archives as T/LA/782, moved the matter toward adjudication. As with many such figures documented during the witch trials of the seventeenth century, the historical record provides the essential framework of the proceedings—residence, date, and case reference—without preserving the specific narratives or testimonies that constituted the trial itself. The record serves as a testament to the administrative rigour with which the authorities in Ross addressed allegations of this nature, capturing the movement of Moir through the seventeenth-century judicial system.