In the summer of 1662, the legal machinery of early modern Scotland turned its attention toward Jonet Young, a resident of Clathimore in the parish of Findo Gask, Perth. On July 28, 1662, her case—docketed as C/EGD/1516—was brought forward, marking the beginning of a formal judicial process that would ultimately decide her fate. While the surviving archives provide little detail regarding the specific allegations or the nature of the proceedings, the existence of a distinct trial record, T/JO/936, confirms that she was subjected to the scrutiny of the local courts during a period when witch-hunting activity in Scotland remained acutely intense.
Following the judicial process, the court returned a verdict of guilty against Jonet. In accordance with the statutes and prevailing legal practices of the era, the sentence imposed upon her was execution. Historical records confirm that this sentence was carried out, and she was put to death. Despite the gravity of the outcome, the trial notes contain no further information regarding the testimony or the evidence presented against her, leaving the specifics of Jonet's experience within the courtroom to remain largely obscured by the passage of time.