On 28 February 1662, the judicial records of Bute formally registered the case of a married woman identified only as NcLevine. Her appearance before the local authorities took place amidst the intense climate of the 1662 Scottish witch hunts, a period characterized by a surge in commissions for the trial of those suspected of diabolical pacts. As an inhabitant of the island of Bute, NcLevine was subjected to the legal mechanisms of the time, which sought to categorize her actions and associations through the rigorous lens of seventeenth-century criminal procedure.
Following the initial registration of her case under the reference C/JO/3264, the legal proceedings advanced to the trial phase, designated as T/JO/1921. While the archival documentation regarding NcLevine remains brief, the transition from her initial accusation to a formal trial underscores the gravity with which the Bute authorities approached allegations of witchcraft during this turbulent year. Her records serve as a concise but significant trace of the judicial scrutiny faced by married women in the Hebridean context during the height of the mid-century trials.