In May of 1591, the legal records of Haddington recorded the case of Katherine Gray, a woman whose life became inextricably bound to the judicial processes of the Scottish witch trials. On the 8th of May, Katherine was brought before the authorities to answer for charges that would ultimately culminate in a formal trial. The proceedings, documented under reference C/EGD/78, marked the beginning of a rapid sequence of events that moved from accusation to final judgement within the local court system.
Following her trial, indexed under T/LA/1111 and T/LA/932, the court reached a verdict of guilty. As a consequence of this conviction, the sentence of execution was passed. Historical records confirm that the sentence was carried out, and Katherine was executed, closing the brief and tragic administrative file of her involvement in the late sixteenth-century justice system.