In 1655, Thomas Mrgillie Lukell, a resident of Clyne in the county of Sutherland, became the subject of legal proceedings concerning the charge of witchcraft. The records regarding Thomas are relatively sparse, placing him within the broader administrative sweep of the seventeenth-century Scottish judicial system. His case appears in the formal indices of the period, though the specific nature of the allegations brought against him remains unpreserved in the extant documentation.
Rather than submitting to the jurisdiction of the circuit court, Thomas chose to flee, eventually being formally classified as a fugitive. His name subsequently appeared on a fugitive list (JC17/1), marking him as a man who had absconded from the reach of the law. Due to this departure, the legal process against him was never brought to a conclusion, and the historical record for Thomas remains incomplete, leaving the final outcome of his case unknown.