In the summer of 1649, the legal records of Haddington documented the commencement of a formal proceeding against Marjorie Adamsone. On the 8th of June, Marjorie was identified as the subject of case C/EGD/1320, a designation that formally initiated the judicial process against her during a period of heightened sensitivity toward the crime of witchcraft in Scotland. The records capture the transition from initial suspicion to the structured environment of the courtroom, marking the beginning of a process that would subject her to the scrutiny of the local and ecclesiastical authorities.
Following this initial registration, Marjorie’s case progressed to the formal trial stage, recorded under reference T/LA/1064. In the context of mid-seventeenth-century Haddington, such a trial necessitated the gathering of testimonies and the evaluation of the accusations brought against her. While the archival documentation maintains a focused, administrative character, it stands as the final surviving evidence of the legal challenges Marjorie faced as she was held to account by the contemporary judicial systems of her time.