In the late summer of 1649, the judicial authorities of Queensferry in Linlithgowshire initiated proceedings against a resident named Christian Syme. On September 27th, the legal machinery of the seventeenth-century Scottish court system formally cataloged her case, identifying her under the official record C/EGD/1656. The proceedings were part of the broader, intense period of witch-hunting that gripped Scotland during the mid-seventeenth century, a time when local communities and ecclesiastical authorities were deeply invested in the identification and interrogation of those suspected of diabolical dealings.
Following the initial registration of her case, Christian was brought before the relevant judicial bodies for examination. The historical record confirms that her trial, cataloged as T/LA/1996, moved beyond initial accusation to a formal investigative phase. Crucially, the documentation preserves the existence of confession records, indicating that Christian provided testimony under the scrutiny of the court. These records stand as the primary evidence of her experience within the legal framework of 1649, documenting the culmination of the process against her in the parish of Queensferry.