In the spring of 1632, the judicial records of Midlothian turned their focus toward Christian Lindesay, a resident of the town of Dalkeith. Little survives in the archives to illuminate the specific circumstances of her life or the personal history that preceded her encounter with the law. On May 17, 1632, the legal machinery of the era was formally set in motion against her, marking her inclusion in the broader historical register of individuals accused of witchcraft within the jurisdiction of Edinburgh.
While the surviving documentation, cataloged under the reference C/JO/2794, identifies Christian as the subject of these proceedings, the trial record itself remains sparse. Beyond the initial filing of her case, the archival evidence provides no further details regarding the nature of the accusations brought against her, the identities of her accusers, or the final resolution of the legal process. Christian remains a figure defined by this solitary, formal entry, reflecting the often fragmentary nature of the judicial records surviving from this period of Scottish history.