In April 1644, Cristeane Cuthbert, a resident of Falkirk in the shire of Linlithgow, found herself caught within the mechanisms of the Scottish judicial system during a period of heightened concern regarding witchcraft. Her case, documented under reference C/JO/2850, began with formal proceedings on the 24th of that month. Like many individuals brought before the courts during this era of early modern history, Cristeane was subject to a rigorous process of interrogation that sought to establish the truth of the accusations levied against her.
The legal records indicate that the authorities successfully secured a confession from Cristeane during that same month. While the specific nature of the allegations remains preserved only in the administrative shorthand of the seventeenth-century judiciary, the existence of the confession record, dated April 1644, serves as the central pivot of her trial (T/JO/529). Her experience reflects the standardized procedure of the time, in which the testimony elicited from the accused played a foundational role in the subsequent determination of their case within the local and national legal framework.