In the summer of 1704, the coastal parish of Torryburn in Fife became the setting for the judicial proceedings brought against Agnes Currie. As recorded in the extant archives under case reference C/EGD/2627, the formal process against Agnes was initiated on July 31, 1704. During this period of intense scrutiny within the Scottish kirk and secular courts, the residents of Fife frequently navigated a complex legal landscape where accusations of maleficium—the commission of harm through supernatural means—could carry profound consequences for the accused.
While the specific depositions detailing the allegations against Agnes remain part of a broader, ongoing historiographical recovery, the documentation confirms her status as a figure of local interest within the ecclesiastical and legal frameworks of the time. The transition of her case into the official records underscores the mechanisms of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Scottish justice, where local suspicions were systematically formalized into legal inquiries. Through the sparse entry provided in the records, Agnes stands as a singular individual captured within the administrative apparatus of the Torryburn witch trials, reflecting the rigorous, if often devastating, process of documentation that defined these investigations.