The legal proceedings against Christian Neyn Andoy McGevin were formally recorded on October 25, 1577, under reference number C/JO/3353. A resident of the parish of Nigg in the county of Sutherland, Christian was drawn into the mechanisms of the Scottish judicial system during a period when concerns regarding maleficium were increasingly centralized within the courts. Her case, documented under trial reference T/JO/2146, remains a singular entry in the judicial archives of the late sixteenth century, capturing the moment she was brought before the authorities to answer for the charges leveled against her.
While the brief extant record does not detail the specific accusations or the eventual outcome of the proceedings, the existence of these files confirms that Christian was subject to a formal trial process consistent with the period's rigorous legal administration. Her experience serves as a testament to the precarious nature of life in sixteenth-century Sutherland, where the intersection of community suspicion and the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts could abruptly transform an individual’s standing. By preserving the precise details of her name, residence, and the dates of her legal encounter, the records ensure that Christian is held within the historical narrative of the early modern witch trials.