In the summer of 1650, the legal machinery of the Scottish kirk and state turned its attention toward Jeane Binning, a resident of the parish of Carriden in Linlithgow. Recorded in some ecclesiastical documents under the surname Binnie, Jeane was drawn into the scrutiny of the local presbytery during a period of intense religious and social upheaval. Her case, officially cataloged under the reference C/EGD/2046, serves as a formal entry in the judicial ledger of a time when the boundaries between community conflict and criminal accusation were frequently mediated by the court.
On June 19, 1650, the proceedings surrounding Jeane reached a critical juncture with the commencement of a formal trial, documented under the record T/JO/538. While the specific testimonies and the ultimate outcome of the trial remain confined to these administrative remnants, the documentation confirms her transition from a parishioner under suspicion to a formal defendant within the legal system. Through these sparse records, the administrative history of her encounter with the judicial authorities of Linlithgow is preserved, marking her place in the broader narrative of the seventeenth-century Scottish witch trials.