In the winter of 1613, the judicial machinery of early modern Scotland turned its attention toward Jonet Irving, a resident of Mureailhouse in the parish of Logie, Perth. Her case, officially indexed as C/EGD/151, was brought forward on the 1st of December, marking the beginning of a formal legal process that would see her appear before the courts. Little remains of the private life of Jonet, save for her geographic placement within the rural landscape of Perthshire, yet her identification in the surviving administrative registers underscores the gravity with which the authorities regarded such accusations during this period.
The subsequent legal proceedings against Jonet are chronicled across two distinct trial records, identified in the archive as T/LA/1822 and T/LA/227. These documents testify to the rigorous, multi-stage nature of the Scottish judicial system as it navigated the complexities of witchcraft allegations in the seventeenth century. While the specific nature of the charges brought against Jonet remain obscured by the passage of time, the existence of multiple trial entries suggests a structured investigation that moved beyond an initial accusation. Through these records, Jonet remains a documented figure in the broader history of the Scottish witch trials, caught within the formal evidentiary processes of the early 1600s.