In the final days of 1646, Marie Mitchells, a resident of the parish of Kilmany in Fife, became the subject of a legal proceeding recorded under case file C/EGD/2358. While the surviving documentation of the Scottish witch trials often omits the intimate details of a subject's life, the administrative footprint left by Marie provides a clear map of her experience within the judicial machinery of the mid-seventeenth century. Her case represents a distinct point of intersection between local community tensions and the rigorous procedures of the Scottish courts during a period when the prosecution of alleged witchcraft was intensifying across the kingdom.
The legal journey of Marie proceeded through two distinct trial sessions, cataloged as T/JO/1679 and T/JO/2210. These records indicate that her involvement with the courts was not an isolated incident but a sustained legal process. By examining these dual entries, historians can trace the formal movement of her case through the judiciary, reflecting the gravity with which the authorities in Fife treated such accusations. Marie remains defined in the archives by these specific procedural milestones, which serve as the primary testament to her encounter with the mechanisms of early modern justice.