In the winter of 1661, the legal machinery of the Scottish state focused its attention on Eupham Adair, an indweller of the village of Crichton in Edinburghshire. Recorded in the judicial registers under case number C/EGD/1408, Eupham occupied a middling socioeconomic position within her community, reflecting the diverse range of individuals drawn into the ecclesiastical and secular anxieties of the period. Her status as a resident of Crichton placed her within a region where the administration of justice regarding witchcraft was increasingly formalized during the tumultuous decades of the mid-seventeenth century.
On the 8th of December 1661, the formal proceedings against Eupham were initiated. Following the initial record of her case, she became the subject of a trial documented under reference T/JO/434. While the specific nature of the accusations brought against her remains preserved within these archival markers, the transition from her local residence to the judicial scrutiny of the court highlights the gravity with which such matters were treated by authorities at the time. Her experience remains a distinct component of the historical record of the witch trials in Scotland, serving as a point of reference for the broader legal environment of the Restoration era.