In the autumn of 1649, legal proceedings were initiated against Christian Thomesone, a resident of Scottistoun in the parish of Kirkurd, Peebles. On the 6th of November, her case was formally recorded under the designation C/EGD/2027. Little is known of the specific nature of the allegations brought against her, as the documentation serves primarily as a register of her entry into the formal judicial machinery of the mid-seventeenth century.
Following the initial record of her case, the legal process moved toward a formal hearing. Christian was subsequently brought to trial under the reference T/LA/2032. While the administrative details remain sparse, these entries confirm her position within the wider context of the Scottish witch trials, placing her amidst the heightened judicial activity that characterized the region of Peebles during this period. Through these remaining records, we retain the bare outlines of her experience within the seventeenth-century ecclesiastical and civil court systems.