In the spring of 1662, the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials reached the island of Bute, ensnaring a woman named Kathrine Frissell. On the 26th of March, official records mark the initiation of her case, identified in the judicial archives as C/EGD/1543. At a time when the apprehension of those suspected of diabolical pacts or maleficium was intensifying across the region, Kathrine was brought forward to answer for accusations that fell under the jurisdiction of the contemporary statutes governing witchcraft.
Following the initial proceedings, the matter moved toward a formal adjudication process. The subsequent record, designated T/JO/1898, confirms that Kathrine underwent a trial to determine the veracity of the charges levelled against her. While the records provide little detail regarding the specific nature of the allegations brought before the court in Bute, the documentation of her case remains a preserved fragment of the broader judicial history of seventeenth-century Scotland.