In November 1596, the judicial machinery of Edinburgh turned its attention toward Jonet Garvie, whose legal proceedings are formally documented under case file C/JO/3316. On the 23rd of that month, Jonet was brought before the authorities to face the serious allegations brought against her. Within the context of the late sixteenth-century Scottish legal framework, such an appearance marked the beginning of a rigorous process of interrogation and testimony common to the era’s approach to suspected maleficence.
The archival trail for Jonet concludes with the trial record T/JO/2116, which situates her experience within the capital city’s burgeoning legal culture regarding witchcraft. While the surviving documentation provides few details concerning the specific nature of the charges leveled against her or the final verdict rendered by the court, the existence of these records confirms her inclusion in the broader history of the Scottish witch trials. The case of Jonet stands as a testament to the administrative precision with which the state managed such accusations during the reign of James VI.