In 1614, the town of Ayr became the site of a judicial proceeding against a woman named Bessie Bell. Captured in the formal archives as case C/LA/3177, the legal process unfolded within a period of heightened scrutiny regarding witchcraft in Scotland. As a resident of Ayr, Bessie found herself at the centre of a formal inquiry that would ultimately move through the local courts, culminating in the specific trial documented under reference T/LA/1745.
Following the proceedings of her trial, the court reached a verdict of guilty. Consequently, Bessie was sentenced to execution. The historical records confirm that this sentence was carried out, marking the finality of her case within the rigid legal framework of the early seventeenth-century Scottish justice system.