In the summer of 1650, the ecclesiastical authorities turned their focus toward the parish of Old Luce in Wigtown, where a group of local residents faced scrutiny regarding their involvement in witchcraft. Among those singled out for investigation was Jonet Dalzell, whose case was formally recorded by the Presbytery on July 1st of that year. The proceedings emerged from a broader inquiry that encompassed suspects from both Old and New Luce, reflecting a period of heightened oversight during which local communities were subjected to rigorous religious and judicial examination.
Following the initial entry into the Presbytery records, the case against Jonet progressed through the formal legal machinery of the time. The documentation, cataloged under the designation C/JO/3019, ultimately led to the trial recorded as T/JO/1284. Throughout these proceedings, Jonet remained a focal point of the regional effort to address allegations of supernatural malfeasance, marking her involvement as a distinct part of the intensive witch-hunting efforts that characterized the mid-seventeenth century in southwestern Scotland.