In the summer of 1650, Jonet Lindsay, a resident of Old Luce in Wigtown, became caught within the machinery of the Scottish judicial system during a period of heightened ecclesiastical scrutiny. On the 1st of July, she was formally processed under case file C/JO/3023. Her involvement coincided with a broader investigation conducted by the local presbytery, which had identified a cluster of suspects originating from the adjacent parishes of Old and New Luce.
As the legal proceedings moved toward the trial stage, recorded as T/JO/1288, Jonet was documented as one of several individuals held to account by the authorities of the region. The records provide a stark glimpse into the administrative response of the mid-seventeenth-century church and state, framing her experience within the documented wave of witchcraft accusations that defined the social and religious landscape of Wigtown at that time.