In 1662, Agnes Beveridge, a resident of the Crook of Devon within the parish of Fossoway and Tullibole in Perthshire, became entangled in the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/1701, arose during a period of intense religious and social upheaval in Scotland, when local jurisdictions frequently exercised their authority to investigate allegations of maleficium and diabolical pacts. As an inhabitant of this specific region, Agnes was subject to the oversight of local kirk sessions and secular courts, which played a pivotal role in the formalization of accusations against individuals within their communities.
While the specific nature of the allegations brought against Agnes remains confined to the administrative records of the period, her involvement illustrates the reach of the legal proceedings that characterized the late seventeenth-century Scottish experience. The documentation surrounding her case reflects the systematic process by which residents of Perthshire were processed through the legal frameworks of the time. Although the precise outcome of these proceedings is obscured by the nature of the archival evidence, the record of Agnes stands as a testament to the lived experience of those caught within the complex social and judicial investigations that defined the era.