In the winter of 1632, the legal machinery of the Scottish state focused its attention upon Jonet Ker, a woman residing in Barrowstouness, within the parish of Kinneil in Linlithgow. The archival records clarify a distinction regarding her place of origin, specifically noting that she hailed from the settlement of Bo'ness rather than the broader parish of the same name. On February 29, 1632, this geographical detail was formally documented as part of the initial proceedings against her.
The case, cataloged under the reference C/JO/2846, progressed swiftly through the judicial system of the era. Shortly after the registration of her accusation, Jonet was subjected to a trial, noted in the records as T/JO/513. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains obscured by the brevity of the surviving documentation, these entries confirm her involvement in the formal judicial processes that characterized the period of the Scottish witch trials.