In May 1662, Margret Kellie, a resident of the parish of St Giles in Elgin, found herself drawn into the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials. Recorded in the Register of the Privy Council as an "indweller" of middling socioeconomic status, Margret was identified as a subject of judicial interest during a period of heightened intensity regarding witchcraft prosecutions in the region. Her involvement with the court is marked by an entry in the legal records dated May 7, 1662, which signaled the commencement of proceedings against her under the reference case C/EGD/1500.
The progression of Margret’s case moved swiftly, as evidenced by a confession obtained later that same month. While the specific contents of her testimony remain absent from the surviving documentation, the existence of this formal confession serves as a pivotal element in the surviving archives of her experience. Following this, she appears in the judicial rolls under reference T/JO/917; however, the records for this trial are notably sparse, offering no further narrative details regarding the final verdict or the specific nature of the allegations brought against her.