In the summer of 1649, legal proceedings were initiated against Marion Ronnald, a woman residing in the parish of Corstorphine, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Recorded under case file C/JO/3103, the documentation confirms that Marion was formally brought before the judicial authorities on the 22nd of July. This period represented a time of heightened judicial scrutiny regarding allegations of maleficium within the Scottish Lowlands, and the entry of her name into the court records marked the commencement of a formal legal process.
Following the initial filing of her case, the subsequent trial (T/JO/1530) proceeded through the mechanisms of the local justice system. While the specific testimony and the ultimate verdict of the court are not detailed in these surviving registers, the record stands as a testament to the administrative rigor applied to Marion during this period. The documentation of her trial remains a preserved fragment of the broader legal history of early modern Scotland, documenting the intersection of her life in Corstorphine with the state’s investigative apparatus.