In 1662, Margaret McNish, a resident of the Crook of Devon within the parish of Fossoway and Tullibole in Perth, became caught within the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. At this time, the Crook of Devon was a focal point for intense legal scrutiny, as local authorities and church officials worked to investigate reports of malevolent activity within their jurisdiction. Margaret was identified as a subject of these proceedings, marking her entry into the formal court records categorized under case C/EGD/1703.
The surviving documentation regarding Margaret remains limited, reflecting the broader complexities of tracking individual cases through the administrative records of the seventeenth century. While archival research indicates that Margaret was formally processed during this period of heightened anxiety regarding witchcraft, the precise nature of the accusations brought against her is not explicitly detailed in the available summary. Her experience serves as a testament to the local legal processes that defined the experience of those summoned before the courts of Fossoway and Tullibole during the mid-seventeenth century.