In the spring of 1661, the administrative records of Haddington preserve the name of Marion Wood of Ewingston, whose legal entanglement arose amidst a period of intense judicial activity. Her case was inextricably linked to the testimony of a youth named James Welch. Although the authorities determined that Welch was too young to stand formal trial and subsequently ordered his imprisonment, his detailed confessions were treated with significant gravity by the legal officials of the time. These recorded statements served as the catalyst for the denunciation of a large number of individuals, among whom Marion was named.
Following the initial denunciation on May 29, 1661, Marion became a subject of the rigorous legal processes characteristic of the era. The archival trail identifies her case through the specific documentation of the Haddington circuit, specifically under reference number C/LA/2920, with subsequent notations appearing in the trial records categorized as T/JO/1071 and T/LA/1036. Within these formal parameters, her experience remains a documented entry in the broader 17th-century Scottish judicial effort to address accusations of witchcraft through established inquisitorial procedures.