In August 1661, the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials turned toward Newbattle, Edinburgh, where Jennet Watt was identified as a subject of legal proceedings. Recorded under case file C/JO/3155, Jennet faced the gravest of accusations during this period of heightened religious and social scrutiny. Her indictment centered on the charge of maintaining a demonic pact, a transgression that placed her squarely within the jurisdiction of the contemporary criminal courts and the intense theological anxieties of the mid-seventeenth century.
The legal process surrounding Jennet culminated in a formal trial, designated as T/JO/1667. While the surviving records are concise, they document the institutional trajectory of her case from the initial filing in mid-August 1661 through to the judicial proceedings. By navigating these specific archival markers, the record of Jennet Watt provides a glimpse into the localized application of witchcraft statutes that defined the Scottish experience between 1563 and 1736.