In June 1662, the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials ensnared Agnes Nic Ean Vane, a resident of Nairn. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/1561, reflects the intensifying focus of local authorities during this volatile period in early modern Scotland. Following her initial encounter with the judicial process on June 12, Agnes was subjected to formal interrogation, a process that culminated in the production of a signed confession later that same month.
While the subsequent trial notes indexed under T/JO/963 contain no further narrative details regarding the proceedings, the existence of the confession record confirms that her case moved through the established inquisitorial framework of the era. The surviving documentation serves as a brief but significant trace of Agnes’s experience within the Nairn legal system, capturing a singular, somber moment in the history of seventeenth-century witchcraft prosecutions where the individual was irrevocably caught within the administrative recording of the state.