In the summer of 1662, the judicial machinery of seventeenth-century Scotland turned its attention toward Margrat Crose, a woman residing in the parish of Forteviot, Perth. On the 28th of July, Margrat was brought before the authorities to face formal accusations of witchcraft, a process that underscored the intense legal and social anxieties of the era. While the surviving records from her trial (T/JO/946) remain sparse regarding the specific nature of the testimony brought against her, the administrative documentation captures the swift and final resolution of her case within the ecclesiastical and civil frameworks of the time.
Following the proceedings, the court returned a verdict of guilty against Margrat. In accordance with the statutes governing such convictions during this period, she was sentenced to execution. The historical record confirms that this sentence was carried out, marking the conclusion of the case against her. Though the lack of detailed trial notes obscures the specific charges leveled by her community or her accusers, the documentation of her death stands as a stark testament to the judicial climate in Perth during the height of the mid-seventeenth-century witch hunts.