In 1702, the Kirkcudbrightshire parish of Minnigaff became the site of a legal proceeding involving a local resident named Molly Redmond. Recorded under the reference C/EGD/2435, the case against Molly emerged during a period when the Scottish judicial system remained deeply engaged in the prosecution of maleficium and perceived supernatural intervention. While the broader archival context of her experience remains tied to secondary historical references noted by scholars such as Christina Larner, the record confirms her formal inclusion in the state's register of those accused under the witchcraft statutes of the early eighteenth century.
Little remains to illuminate the specific allegations brought against Molly beyond her identity as a woman living in the rural south-west of Scotland. The archival entry functions as a stark administrative marker of a life caught within the mechanisms of the Scottish courts during the twilight of the witch-hunting era. By 1702, the fervor for such trials had begun to diminish across the country, yet Molly’s case stands as a documented instance of how the legal apparatus continued to process individuals through the ecclesiastical and secular oversight prevalent in Kirkcudbright at that time.