Jonet Fultoun was a married woman of middling socioeconomic status residing in the port of Leith, Edinburgh, where she lived alongside her husband, a ferrier. Before her eventual apprehension in the capital, Jonet had lived in the town of Prestonpans in Haddington, from which she had fled while already carrying a reputation for witchcraft. This history followed her, and by the summer of 1579, she found herself brought before the authorities to answer for these allegations.
On July 18, 1579, Jonet appeared before the burgh court in Edinburgh to face trial. The legal proceedings concluded with a recorded confession, resulting in a verdict of guilty. Following the court’s judgment, the sentence was carried out the same day; she was executed by being strangled and burned. This case, documented as C/LA/3101, serves as a stark example of the judicial processes regarding witchcraft that characterized the era.