In 1662, the legal proceedings involving Janet Huit were recorded under the reference C/EGD/1883. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains obscured by the archival limitations of the period, the primary historical notation links her residence to a location identified by the historian Christina Larner as "Oath." It has been suggested by researchers that this may correspond to the parish of Oathlaw in Angus, a region that witnessed various judicial activities during the seventeenth century.
Despite the brevity of the surviving entry, Janet’s inclusion in the records of this era marks her as a subject of the formal mechanisms of the Scottish state and kirk. The case files, which were not subject to further cross-referencing against printed secondary sources during the project's archival research, represent a singular point of documentation for her life. Consequently, Janet remains a figure defined by this specific 1662 encounter with the judicial authorities, standing as a testament to the administrative reach of the witchcraft laws during this volatile period in Scottish history.