In the spring of 1662, the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials descended upon Jonnet Annand, a resident of the parish of Forgan in Fife. Little is known of her life prior to the events of May that year, but her path through the judicial system was swift and documented under case reference C/EGD/1497. The formal proceedings began on the 7th of May 1662, a period during which the intensity of witch-hunting in Fife had reached a notable peak, drawing local suspects into the scrutiny of the courts.
Shortly before her appearance in court, Jonnet provided a confession, recorded in May 1662. While the surviving trial notes (T/JO/932) remain devoid of the specific testimonies or accusations that prompted her apprehension, the existence of this confession confirms that she was subject to formal interrogation. Following these proceedings, Jonnet disappears from the surviving historical record, leaving behind a brief but stark account of the judicial process as it was applied to a woman of Forgan during the height of the seventeenth-century persecutions.