In the spring of 1650, the parish of Largs in Ayrshire became the setting for the legal proceedings against Maal Montgomerie. Recorded under case file C/LA/3200, the processes against Maal commenced on the 30th of April, marking a period of heightened judicial scrutiny regarding allegations of maleficium within the region. As with many brought before the courts during this era of intense concern over witchcraft, her case proceeded through formal channels, eventually leading to the trial documented under reference T/LA/1765.
The documentary evidence surviving from this period confirms that the legal process reached a definitive point with the inclusion of a formal confession. While the specific nature of the testimony provided by Maal remains confined to the administrative registers of the time, the existence of a recorded confession serves as a pivotal element of the surviving archive. Through these brief but significant entries, the record captures the intersection of local suspicion and the formalized Scottish legal mechanisms that governed the pursuit of witchcraft in the mid-seventeenth century.