In November 1670, the judicial records of Aberdeen identify a man named James Anderson appearing within the context of legal proceedings concerning witchcraft. While the surviving documentation of his case, cataloged under reference C/EGD/579, remains fragmentary, it provides a fleeting glimpse into the administrative processes of the seventeenth-century Scottish courts. Scholarly attempts to locate the primary documents within the High Court of Justiciary records, specifically box JC26/40, have yielded inconsistencies, leading researchers to suggest that the archival citation may be misaligned with the chronological scope of the available materials.
Because the underlying files for James are missing or misattributed, the specific allegations leveled against him and the subsequent procedural developments remain elusive. Historical surveys indicate that the final resolution of his case is not preserved in the extant register, leaving his legal fate an open question in the broader study of Scottish witch trials. As a result, James remains a figure defined by the brief bureaucratic notation of his appearance in 1670 rather than by the details of any formal verdict.