In the late seventeenth century, the coastal burgh of Bo'ness in Linlithgow became the site of a formal legal proceeding against a resident named Jonet Colquhone. Recorded under case reference C/LA/3074, the machinery of the Scottish justice system began to turn against her on 24 November 1679. This date marks the official entry of Jonet into the historical record, signaling the commencement of a process that would subject her to the scrutiny of the local ecclesiastical and civil authorities during a period of heightened sensitivity to alleged supernatural influence.
Following the initial documentation of her case, the proceedings moved toward a formal hearing under the designation T/LA/1465. As the trial unfolded, Jonet was confronted by the legal standards of the time, which required the investigation of accusations leveled against her within the jurisdiction of Linlithgow. While the specific nature of the charges remains preserved within these archival identifiers, the trajectory of her case reflects the standard judicial rigor applied to those accused of witchcraft in late 17th-century Scotland, placing Jonet at the intersection of local community tension and the formal mechanisms of the state.