In September 1603, Andro McJohn, a resident of the Port of Menteith, found himself drawn into the judicial processes of the Scottish Kirk and state concerning the crime of witchcraft. While the primary administrative trail of his case is preserved within the Stirling presbytery records, jurisdictional evidence suggests that Andro hailed from the Port of Menteith, which fell under the ecclesiastical authority of the Dunblane presbytery. This geographical intersection highlights the complex, overlapping networks of oversight that characterized the witch trials of the early seventeenth century.
The formal record of the proceedings, designated under case reference C/JO/3082, documents the initiation of legal action against Andro on the 28th of September, 1603. Following this initial stage, the matter proceeded to a formal trial, cataloged as T/JO/1465. These entries, though brief, serve as a stark reminder of the bureaucratic scrutiny applied to individuals during this period of intense religious and social upheaval in Scotland, marking the formal documentation of Andro’s encounter with the Scottish judicial system.