In December 1629, the judicial machinery of early modern Scotland turned its attention to Agnes Allane, a resident of Saltoun in the county of Haddington. Her encounter with the legal system is preserved within the archives under the case reference C/LA/3026. On the 16th of that month, the formal proceedings against her reached a critical juncture with the documented trial, recorded as T/LA/1288.
The records concerning Agnes remain concise, capturing a moment of profound gravity within the Haddingtonshire community. As she faced the court, her case became part of the broader administrative efforts to address allegations of witchcraft that characterised the period. Beyond the dates of her appearance and the administrative identifiers of her trial, Agnes stands in the historical record as an individual caught within the precise, legalistic scrutiny of the seventeenth-century Scottish kirk and state.