In September 1597, Jonet Crawfurd, a resident of Dollar in the shire of Stirling, became the subject of legal proceedings that would culminate in a trial recorded under the reference T/JO/1464. Within the context of the late sixteenth-century Scottish legal system, Jonet was formally accused of witchcraft, an allegation that brought her before the authorities at a time when such investigations were increasing in frequency across the region. The records, categorized under case number C/JO/3081, document a focused judicial process that sought to resolve the suspicions leveled against her.
During that same month, the legal scrutiny exerted upon Jonet resulted in the documentation of a formal confession. This confession, preserved in the administrative archives of the period, serves as the primary record of her interaction with the Stirling court. While the summary of the trial process remains brief, the archival existence of this confession confirms that Jonet was subjected to interrogation, providing a stark historical marker of the circumstances surrounding her involvement in the legal mechanisms of the 1597 witch trials.