In May 1672, the legal machinery of the Scottish state focused its attention on Christian Morison, a resident of Stirling. Her case, documented under reference C/EGD/599, was processed during a period when the prosecution of witchcraft remained a significant concern for the judicial authorities in Edinburgh. As the legal proceedings advanced, Christian was brought before the court in the capital, where her fate would be determined under the rigorous scrutiny of the Scottish legal system.
The records concerning Christian’s trial, designated as T/LA/775, reflect the administrative formality that characterised these proceedings in Edinburgh. While the archival evidence preserves the dates and locations of her journey through the courts, it leaves the specific nature of the allegations against her to the silence of the remaining documents. Christian remains a figure defined by these terse entries, serving as a reminder of the individuals who stood at the intersection of local suspicion and the centralised legal authority of late seventeenth-century Scotland.