In the summer of 1649, the coastal burgh of Dysart in Fife became the setting for a series of legal proceedings that drew Katherine Potter into the machinery of the Scottish witch trials. Katherine was one of several individuals investigated during this period, a process that saw her caught within the rigorous oversight of the local ecclesiastical and judicial authorities. As part of a broader group under scrutiny, she faced the invasive ministrations of a "pricker"—an individual tasked with identifying those suspected of witchcraft—alongside at least two others whose identities remain obscured by the brevity of the surviving documentation.
By July 1649, Katherine had provided a formal confession to the authorities, a pivotal development that shaped the trajectory of her case. Shortly thereafter, on 7 August 1649, the records of the local kirk session officially noted that she had been *fyllied*, or found guilty. This determination was swiftly followed by trial proceedings held later that same month in Fife, which confirmed the verdict against her. The historical record for Katherine concludes with these stark administrative entries, marking her place within the documented group of individuals processed by the Fife courts during the intense judicial activity of that year.