In June 1611, the legal proceedings against Marjorie Mongomerie were formally recorded within the burgh of Elgin. As an inhabitant of this northeastern Scottish town, Marjorie became the subject of a judicial process that would ultimately transition from the local authorities to the High Court of Justiciary. The initial documentation, catalogued under reference C/EGD/849, marks the commencement of a formal inquiry into her conduct, capturing the gravity with which the civic and ecclesiastical powers of the era approached such investigations.
Following the initial proceedings in Elgin on June 11, the case advanced to a higher stage of adjudication. Under the trial reference T/LA/209, Marjorie was subjected to the formal mechanisms of the Scottish criminal justice system. While the records maintain a focused administrative brevity, they signify a period when local tensions and judicial scrutiny were frequently funnelled through the courts, reflecting the complex interplay between community suspicion and the legal frameworks governing early seventeenth-century Scotland.