In July 1651, Elizabeth Geddie, a resident of Temple in Edinburgh, became the subject of legal scrutiny within the framework of the Scottish witch trials. The surviving records indicate that her involvement with the judicial authorities began during that same month, when she provided a formal confession. While the specific nature of her testimony remains unrecorded in the surviving documentation, the gravity of her admission was sufficient to trigger a structured ecclesiastical and legal response.
Following this confession, the judicial process moved quickly to verify the claims made against her. On July 25, 1651, the court took the significant step of appointing ministers to investigate the substance of Elizabeth’s statements. This procedure, characteristic of the era’s efforts to authenticate allegations of maleficium or diabolical pacts, sought to establish the veracity of the details she had provided. Although a trial is noted in the records under reference T/JO/391, the archival evidence concludes abruptly, leaving no further trace of the proceedings or the final outcome for Elizabeth.