In the spring of 1662, the legal machinery of Haddington turned toward Jonet Todry following a wave of accusations that swept through the region. Her case, documented under reference C/EGD/479, originated from the testimony of a youth named James Welch. Although Welch was considered too young to undergo a formal trial and was subsequently held in prison, the authorities treated his detailed confessions and the names he provided as credible evidence. Jonet was among those specifically denounced by him, and her formal trial, recorded as T/LA/1361, proceeded on April 17, 1662.
The proceedings against Jonet reflect the gravity with which the Scottish judicial system of the seventeenth century approached such denunciations. Her entanglement in the legal process was not an isolated incident, but rather a component of a larger series of accusations involving multiple individuals caught within the same investigative dragnet. As the records indicate, the reliance on the testimony of a primary accuser—despite his age and status—was sufficient to initiate the judicial examination of Jonet, placing her firmly within the broader, documented history of the Scottish witch trials.