In the summer of 1590, the judicial machinery of early modern Scotland turned its attention toward Marioun Neyn Donald McIngaruch, a woman residing in the region of Ross. On the 22nd of July, legal proceedings were formally initiated against her under the designation C/EGD/41. Within the context of the legislative climate following the 1563 Witchcraft Act, Marioun found herself entangled in the rigorous and often opaque investigative processes of the period, as the authorities sought to document and adjudicate the charges brought against her.
The records of her case reveal the procedural trajectory common to many accused individuals in late sixteenth-century Scotland. Following the initial record of her identification and the circumstances of her case, Marioun was processed through the higher courts, as evidenced by the trial entries catalogued as T/JO/2141 and T/LA/907. These archival fragments reflect the final stages of her interaction with the Scottish legal system, marking a definitive point in her life where the local accusations of Ross met the broader, structured scrutiny of the national judiciary.