In May 1623, the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials turned toward Inverkeithing, Fife, focusing its attention on a woman named Marjory Gibsoun. Her case, documented under reference C/EGD/932, proceeded through the formal judicial channels of the period, eventually moving to trial under the designation T/LA/68. This period in Scottish history was marked by a heightened sensitivity to allegations of maleficium, and Marjory found herself held at the centre of this intense local scrutiny.
As the proceedings advanced, a confession was secured and formally recorded against her. While the specific contents of her statement remain within the archives of her trial, the existence of this document indicates that Marjory submitted to the judicial process as it was then understood. Following the documentation of this confession, her case moved toward its conclusion within the framework of the seventeenth-century Scottish legal system, leaving a trace of her encounter with the authorities in the records of Inverkeithing.