In the summer of 1629, the town of Duns in Berwickshire became the site of a formal legal proceeding against Agnes Duddingston. On July 13, Agnes was entered into the historical record under case reference C/LA/3025, marking the commencement of a judicial inquiry into allegations of witchcraft leveled against her. As an inhabitant of Duns, she lived within a region that experienced significant scrutiny during this period, and her apprehension placed her directly within the machinery of the Scottish legal system.
The subsequent trial, recorded under reference T/LA/1287, formalized the legal process initiated against Agnes. By examining the existing administrative documentation, historians can trace the sequence of events that brought her before the authorities. While the specific nature of the evidence brought against Agnes remains confined to these archival designations, the existence of both a case file and a distinct trial record underscores the structured, bureaucratic progression of her experience within the early modern Scottish court system.