In the spring of 1650, twenty-nine-year-old Jonat Couper of Brechin, Forfar, faced legal proceedings following her earlier confession recorded on December 29, 1649. The formal charges brought against Jonat included participation in a witches’ meeting, an accusation that linked her to a broader web of local suspicion. Within these judicial records, she was also specifically denounced by two other women, Catharin Walker and Catharin Skair, who implicated her during their own respective trials.
Central to the legal case against Jonat was her own admission, which detailed a history of supernatural engagement; she confessed that she had first encountered the Devil four years prior to her initial statement. Beyond these existential charges, the records identify specific instances of property damage linked to her alleged activities, including the spoilage of ale and dairy products. These accusations reflect the intersection of personal confession, community denunciation, and the broader societal anxieties prevalent in mid-seventeenth-century Scotland.