In the winter of 1649, legal proceedings were initiated against Christian Rennick, a resident of Outerstoun, Edinburgh. According to the case records (C/EGD/2070) dated December 4, 1649, she was formally brought before the authorities to answer charges of witchcraft. The legal machinery of the seventeenth-century Scottish courts moved with specific bureaucratic intent during this period, and Christian was processed through the established judicial framework, eventually appearing before the courts to undergo the rigors of a formal trial (T/LA/2061).
The outcome of these proceedings was defined by the production of a formal confession. Within the surviving archives, a record exists confirming that Christian provided a statement under the scrutiny of the court. While the specific content of her testimony remains a matter of historical documentation rather than public narrative, the existence of this confession was a pivotal element in the judicial handling of her case. Through these records, Christian remains an identified subject within the broader historical account of the Scottish witch trials.