In October 1689, William Easone, a married man residing in the parish of Auchtergaven, Perth, found himself drawn into the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. While historical documentation regarding his specific case—catalogued under reference C/EGD/1923—is limited in detail, his inclusion in the records highlights the continued vulnerability of individuals to accusations of maleficium during this late seventeenth-century period. The legal proceedings initiated against him reflect the administrative rigor of the era, where formal charges were brought before local or regional authorities to address suspicions of supernatural interference.
Though the archival record remains sparse, the classification of William within these judicial files places him among the documented cases of witchcraft investigated following the Restoration. Because the surviving evidence relies on secondary citations—specifically noted in research as referenced by the historian Christina Larner—his story remains tethered to the formal frameworks of the court. William’s experience underscores the precarious nature of life in late 17th-century Perthshire, where the intersection of communal suspicion and the established legal system could profoundly alter the course of an ordinary man’s life.