In the early weeks of 1700, Agnes Wrath, a resident of Kilraine in the parish of Killearnan, Ross, found herself at the centre of a legal process that would ultimately mark the end of the long era of Scottish witch trials. The judicial proceedings, recorded under case file C/EGD/1794, culminated on January 2, 1700. During the course of these legal examinations, Agnes provided a formal confession, the contents of which became a central feature of the trial record T/LA/1803.
Following the judicial assessment of this evidence, the court returned a verdict of guilty. However, the outcome for Agnes diverged from the customary judicial practice of the previous century. Although the tribunal reached a conviction, the Privy Council intervened in the case, specifically forbidding the application of the death penalty. Consequently, while Agnes remained subject to the legal consequences of her confession and the subsequent verdict, the intervention of central authority prevented the finality that had befallen many others accused during this turbulent period of Scottish history.