In the summer of 1644, Catherine Logie, a resident of the burgh of Queensferry in Linlithgow, found herself caught within the mechanisms of the Scottish judicial system during a period of intense preoccupation with witchcraft. On the 20th of August, formal proceedings were initiated against her, marking the beginning of a process that would ultimately conclude in her death. While some historical accounts, such as those by Christina Larner, suggest a potential acquittal in her case, entries in the *Register of the Privy Council* explicitly record her fate as having been executed by burning.
The discrepancy between the records underscores the fragmented nature of archival evidence regarding Catherine. Despite the sparsity of biographical detail, the formal documentation preserved in the trial records (T/JO/542 and T/JO/543) confirms that her legal encounter ended in a sentence of death by fire later that same year. By the conclusion of 1644, Catherine had been put to death, leaving behind only these administrative traces of her trial and execution in the burgh of Queensferry.