In the spring of 1649, the Scottish judicial system turned its attention to Margaret Strachan, a resident of Tranent in Haddingtonshire. Her case, documented under reference C/EGD/1616, entered the court records on May 22, 1649, during a period of intense legal scrutiny regarding charges of witchcraft. Margaret was subsequently brought to trial under the administrative proceedings recorded in file T/LA/1959.
The historical record confirms that during the legal process, Margaret provided a formal confession. While the specific nature of her testimony remains a matter of the archival summary rather than a verbatim transcript, this document stands as the primary evidence of her encounter with the Haddingtonshire judiciary. Her case remains a documented example of the administrative and judicial mechanics that defined the witch trials in mid-seventeenth-century Scotland.