On July 22, 1590, legal proceedings were initiated against Thomas McKane More McAllane McEuoch, a man residing in the region of Ross. His identity, much like the judicial process he faced, is marked by a complex nomenclature; historical records preserve his name through various iterations, including Thomas McAnemoir McAllan McHenrik, and he has been noted in later academic scholarship under the shortened designation of McKane.
The case against Thomas, indexed under reference C/EGD/50, moved through the Scottish justice system with formal gravity. His legal journey is documented within the records of the High Court of Justiciary (T/JO/2121) as well as the archival collection concerning the legal actions of the era (T/LA/900). While the specific nature of the allegations brought against him remains obscured by the brevity of the surviving documentation, these entries confirm his subjection to the formal trial procedures prevalent during the late sixteenth century.