On 24 March 1629, the legal apparatus of seventeenth-century Scotland turned its attention toward Archibald Liddell, a married man residing in the coastal town of Eyemouth, Berwick. The documentation preserved under case number C/EGD/949 formalizes the charges brought against him during a period when the Scottish kirk and state were increasingly preoccupied with the perceived threat of maleficium. Archibald was drawn into the judicial process as the subject of a formal inquiry, an experience that marked him as a target of local suspicion and legal scrutiny within the Border region.
Following his initial apprehension, the proceedings moved into the formal trial phase under record T/LA/145. As a resident of Eyemouth, Archibald navigated a legal system that demanded a rigorous defense against the grave accusations leveled by his community and the local authorities. The record of his case serves as a singular, stark entry in the broader history of the Scottish witch trials, illustrating the intersection of individual life and the rigorous administrative requirements of early modern justice.