In the spring of 1662, the small settlement of Crook of Devon, situated within the parish of Fossoway and Tullibole, became the site of a legal inquiry that would mark the final days of Margaret Huggon. Records from May 5 of that year indicate that Margaret, a widow, was brought before the authorities to answer to the grave charge of witchcraft (case C/EGD/1490). Her status as a widow suggests she was likely living outside the traditional protective structure of a household, a vulnerability often noted in the social climate of seventeenth-century Scotland when accusations of the supernatural were brought to light.
While the documented details of her case remain brief, the formal proceedings represent a fragment of the broader judicial activity that defined this period of Scottish history. As Margaret faced the scrutiny of the local court, the legal machinery of the kirk session and the civil authorities focused their attention on her actions and reputation within the community. Though the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains obscured by the limitations of the surviving archival record, the registration of her case serves as a sober testament to the profound reach of the witch trials during this tumultuous era in Perthshire.