In October 1678, the legal machinery of the Scottish judiciary turned its attention to Margaret Whyte, a resident of the parish of Lasswade, situated within the shire of Edinburgh. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/1764, was formally processed on the 9th of October, marking the beginning of a judicial procedure that would eventually lead to the proceedings recorded in the Justiciary Court records under T/JO/602.
The extant historical documentation for Margaret remains strikingly sparse beyond these administrative entries. While the records confirm her identity and location, the specific testimonies, depositions, or narrative evidence typically associated with the accusations of the period are absent from the surviving files. Consequently, Margaret exists in the historical record primarily as an entry within the broader framework of the Scottish witch trials, illustrating the bureaucratic reach of the court system during the late seventeenth century, even when the underlying details of the case remain lost to time.