In the summer of 1629, Janet Bowmaker, a resident of Duns in Berwick, became the subject of legal proceedings that would span several months. The administrative trail of her case began on June 2, 1629, under the reference C/EGD/629. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against Janet remains confined to the procedural records, the gravity of the situation was underscored by the subsequent involvement of the legal authorities, as evidenced by the trial records filed under T/LA/2220 and T/LA/678.
The process reached a critical juncture on July 13, 1629, when a formal denunciation was recorded against Janet. This act was initiated by Alexander Hammilton, a figure who emerges in the documents from Duns as the individual leveling the accusation. These records—documenting the sequence from the initial case file to the formal denunciation—preserve the brief but significant legal trajectory of Janet within the Scottish judicial system during this period.