In 1655, Margaret Nakoch, a resident of Wick in the far north of Caithness, became a figure of legal preoccupation within the Scottish judicial system. Her case, documented under the identifier C/EGD/774, emerged during a period when the prosecution of witchcraft was frequently intertwined with the movements of the circuit courts. Little remains of the specific allegations leveled against her, as the primary record of her situation is found within a register of fugitives, specifically document JC17/1, which lists those who failed to appear to answer charges before the itinerant justices.
Margaret eventually became the subject of a trial process recorded as T/LA/1933, confirming her status as a fugitive from the circuit court. Despite the formal documentation of her evasion, the historical record regarding her eventual fate remains incomplete. As noted by historians Larner, Hyde, and McLachlan in their foundational source-book, the outcome of the proceedings against Margaret remains unknown, leaving her disappearance from the judicial process as the final entry in her fragmented history.