In the autumn of 1649, legal records identify Janet Andersone, a resident of the small settlement of Drumalzeartoun in the parish of Drumelzier, Peebles, as a figure caught within the machinery of the Scottish witch trials. On 6 November 1649, her case was formally registered under reference C/EGD/2004, marking the commencement of a judicial process that would move from the local sphere to a formal trial. The proximity of her residence to the parish of Drumelzier places Janet within a region that experienced significant ecclesiastical and civil scrutiny during this period of heightened concern regarding maleficium.
Following the initial registration of her case, Janet was brought before the court in a trial documented under reference T/LA/2042. While the surviving records capture the administrative transition from her identification in Drumalzeartoun to the courtroom setting, they remain sparse regarding the specific testimony presented against her. As an individual navigating the rigorous legal framework of seventeenth-century Scotland, Janet represents one of the many lives documented within the archival layers of the 1563–1736 witch-hunting era, illustrating the formal bureaucratic path through which accusations were processed by the authorities of the time.