In September 1662, Kathrin Ninian Ear Vic Ean Culleam, a resident of Inverness, became a subject of the Scottish judicial system amidst the height of the witch hunts. The legal proceedings initiated against her, recorded under case file C/EGD/1665, represent the formal transition from initial accusation to the rigors of the investigative process. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against Kathrin remains unrecorded in the surviving trial notes (T/JO/989), the documentation reveals the stark reality of the methods employed to secure testimony during the months preceding her trial date.
Throughout June 1662, prior to the September hearing, Kathrin was subjected to a systematic series of interrogations designed to elicit confessions. Historical records confirm that she endured a brutal regimen of physical torment, including sleep deprivation, the burning of her feet, and being hung by her thumbs. Furthermore, the accounts detail that she was whipped and bound tightly with ropes. These methods reflect the severe evidentiary practices of the period, applied to Kathrin as the authorities pursued their inquiries into her case in Inverness.