In February 1623, the town of Inverkeithing in Fife became the setting for the judicial examination of Marjorie Aitkyne. Her proceedings, documented under case file C/EGD/920, marked a significant moment in the local administration of justice during the volatile period of early modern Scottish witch trials. As the legal processes unfolded, Marjorie was subjected to the scrutiny of the courts, leading to her subsequent trial under reference T/LA/362.
Central to the record of her case is the existence of a formal confession. While the specific nature of the testimony provided by Marjorie is not detailed in the surviving documentation, the presence of a recorded confession was a standard and pivotal element of legal procedure in seventeenth-century Fife. This document remains the primary historical artifact of her experience, standing as the definitive record of the testimony she gave before the authorities during the late winter of that year.