In the summer of 1662, the legal machinery of the Scottish state focused its attention on Jonet Airth, a resident of the Pothill of Aberuthven within the parish of Aberuthven. On July 28 of that year, formal proceedings were initiated against her under case reference C/EGD/1506. While the extant documentation offers little insight into the specific depositions or testimony provided during the judicial process, her case unfolded against the backdrop of an era in which the combined parishes of Aberuthven and Auchterarder frequently grappled with the mechanisms of ecclesiastical and civil discipline.
Following her trial, recorded under reference T/JO/947, the court reached a verdict of guilty. Consequently, Jonet was sentenced to death. The historical record confirms that this sentence was carried out, marking the conclusion of her life within the context of the Scottish witch trials. While the trial notes remain absent, leaving the precise nature of the accusations against her to historical silence, the archival remains provide a stark testimony to the finality of the legal outcome she faced in the seventeenth century.