In May 1683, the legal machinery of late seventeenth-century Scotland turned its attention toward Marion McRae, a resident of Mauchline in Ayrshire. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/712, unfolded during a period when accusations of witchcraft remained a volatile feature of the social and judicial landscape. As Marion was brought before the authorities to answer for the charges levied against her, she became the subject of a formal trial, recorded in the archives as T/LA/1795.
Throughout the proceedings that same month, the court examined the evidence presented against Marion. Following the rigorous process of the judicial inquiry, the trial concluded with a verdict of not guilty. With this formal acquittal, the legal involvement of the state in Marion's affairs reached its final resolution, allowing her to return to her life in Mauchline, formally cleared of the charges that had brought her before the bench.