In June 1662, Kathrin Nein Ean Vic Connell Eir, a resident of Buntoit in the parish of Kiltarlity and Convinth, Inverness, became the subject of a judicial proceeding concerning the crime of witchcraft. Her case, indexed in the records of the period as C/EGD/1579, culminated in a formal trial under the reference T/JO/974. While the surviving documentation of the trial proceedings themselves remains sparse and lacks specific accounts of the courtroom arguments or testimony, the administrative record confirms that the legal process followed the established protocols of the seventeenth-century Scottish judicial system.
Central to the legal handling of her case was the procurement of a confession, which was recorded during the same month as her initial appearance. This document, dated June 1662, represents the primary source of information regarding her experience within the court. Despite the historical absence of the specific charges or the narrative details contained within that confession, the record stands as a testament to the administrative rigour with which Kathrin’s case was processed during the peak decades of the Scottish witch trials.