In February 1650, Marion Moffat, a resident of the parish of Crawford—also historically recorded as Craufurddouglas in Lanarkshire—became the subject of a formal judicial inquiry. Her case, documented under reference C/EGD/1821, reflects the intensifying climate of legal scrutiny regarding witchcraft that permeated the Scottish Lowlands during the mid-seventeenth century. On February 28, the administrative process against her was initiated, marking the beginning of a legal engagement with the justice system of the period.
Following this initial entry in the record, Marion was brought before the court to face the charges leveled against her. The proceedings, cataloged under trial reference T/JO/1116, placed her within the structured, often rigorous framework of the Justiciary Court. These records serve as a somber testament to the formal mechanisms employed in the parish of Crawford to address accusations of this nature, capturing a specific moment of legal transition for Marion within the broader history of the Scottish witch trials.