In the early summer of 1630, the legal apparatus of Selkirk turned its attention toward Janet Anderson. On the 17th of June, official proceedings were formally initiated against her, recorded under case reference C/LA/2865. Within the administrative structures of the period, this date marked the transition of Janet from a member of the local community to a subject of judicial inquiry, leading directly to the subsequent trial registered as T/LA/667.
The records for Janet remain stark and procedural, reflecting the formal mechanisms through which the Scottish courts processed allegations of witchcraft during this era. While the specific nature of the charges brought against her in Selkirk has not survived in the existing documentation, the legal trail confirms her presence within the 17th-century witch-hunting cycle. Janet exists in the historical record as a name defined by these two distinct judicial entries, marking her journey through the seventeenth-century legal system.