In the winter of 1662, the judicial authorities in Bute turned their attention toward an individual identified in the records only as McKeraish. A resident of Glendorail, McKeraish was brought into the sphere of the Scottish witch trials on January 28, 1662, as documented under case file C/JO/3254. While the records do not preserve a forename for the accused—a common occurrence in the fragmentary documentation of this period—the administrative attention paid to the case underscores the era’s intensive focus on identifying those suspected of diabolical pacts or harmful sorcery within the rural parishes.
Following the initial entry of the case, McKeraish was subjected to the formal legal proceedings of the time, recorded under trial reference T/JO/1905. The process moved from the initial registration of the charge to the courtroom, where the specific allegations against McKeraish were weighed. Although the historical record remains silent regarding the precise testimonies or the final verdict rendered, the existence of these entries confirms that the individual was held accountable to the judicial machinery of seventeenth-century Scotland, reflecting the broader social and legal preoccupations of the Bute community during this period of heightened scrutiny.