In the summer of 1650, the legal machinery of early modern Scotland turned its attention to Fillie Murray, a resident of Haddington. On the 8th of July, Fillie found herself processed through the judicial system under the designation case C/JO/2752. Within the formal records of the period, the documentation concerning her life outside of these events remains absent, leaving us with little knowledge of her background or daily circumstances prior to her encounter with the authorities.
Following her apprehension, the records indicate that a confession was formally obtained from Fillie on the same day as her case entry, the 8th of July, 1650. This confession is noted within the existing archives as T/JO/200. While the specific content of her statements has not survived in the available summaries, the documentation confirms that the process concluded with this recorded admission, marking the extent of the extant historical trace left by her experience within the Haddington courts.