On 16 October 1649, Katherine Fisher, a resident of Galashiels in Selkirk, became the subject of a formal legal proceeding under the reference C/EGD/1987. Her case represents a singular point of intersection with the judicial machinery of seventeenth-century Scotland, occurring during a period of heightened concern regarding witchcraft. The surviving administrative documentation confirms that she was brought to trial under the reference T/LA/2006, where the gravity of the accusations necessitated a structured legal response.
Central to the proceedings against Katherine was the existence of a recorded confession. While the specific nature of the testimony provided is not detailed in the surviving excerpts, the presence of this document indicates that she engaged with the interrogatory process as it was practiced at the time. Through this confession, Katherine’s case moved through the established legal channels of the era, marking her experience within the broader historical record of the 1649 trials in the Scottish Borders.