In November 1661, the judicial machinery of seventeenth-century Scotland turned toward the parish of Innerleithen in Peeblesshire, where Jonet Scott was brought before the authorities to face accusations of witchcraft. The records of the case, indexed under C/JO/2859, provide little insight into the specific grievances or testimonies that precipitated her arrest during this period of intense judicial scrutiny. Her ordeal moved with a grim, characteristic swiftness; by the 14th of November, the legal proceedings had reached their conclusion, marking her as one of the many individuals caught within the complex social and religious anxieties of the era.
Following the trial, recorded as T/JO/591, the court delivered a verdict of guilty. The sentence mandated the ultimate penalty, and Jonet was executed later that same month. The archival documentation remains stark, offering no details regarding the nature of the evidence brought against her or the specific interactions that led to her conviction. Consequently, Jonet remains a figure defined by the brevity of the administrative record, serving as a solemn testament to the finality of the witch trials that swept through the Scottish Lowlands during the mid-seventeenth century.