In January 1662, Issobell Marshall, an indweller of the parish of Rhynd in Perth, found herself at the centre of a judicial process that would culminate in her death. As a woman of middling socioeconomic status, Issobell occupied a position in her community that did not exempt her from the intense scrutiny of the Scottish witch-hunts of the seventeenth century. The surviving legal records document a swift and severe progression: that same month, she was subjected to sleep deprivation, a standard investigative method employed by judicial authorities during this period to extract information from the accused.
Following the application of this method, Issobell provided a confession, which was formally recorded in January 1662. While the specific content of her statements has not survived the passage of time, the confession served as the primary instrument for her prosecution. On 1 April 1662, under the reference case C/EGD/1419, the legal proceedings concluded in her execution. Though the archival record for trial T/JO/833 remains sparse regarding the testimony presented against her, the administrative documentation confirms that Issobell was put to death shortly after the conclusion of her trial.