On June 9, 1591, legal proceedings were initiated in Edinburgh against Catheren Carutheris, marking the beginning of her involvement in the formal judicial processes surrounding witchcraft during the late sixteenth century. Recorded within the archives as case C/LA/2915, the documentation provides few details regarding the specific allegations brought against her, reflecting the often laconic nature of early modern court registers. These administrative entries serve as the primary evidence of her encounter with the authorities during a period when the Scottish state and kirk were intensifying their scrutiny of those suspected of supernatural transgressions.
Following the initial registration of the case, Catheren was subjected to a trial, indexed under the reference T/LA/997. As an inhabitant of Edinburgh, she stood at the intersection of urban governance and the shifting legal frameworks that defined the witch trials of the era. While the surviving records capture the administrative trajectory of her prosecution, they remain silent on the specifics of her testimony or the final outcome of the proceedings. Consequently, Catheren remains a figure defined by the procedural apparatus of the 1591 trial, representing one of the many individuals caught within the complex judicial machinery of early modern Scotland.