In April 1631, the legal records of Aberdeen documented the case of Andro Aitkine, an individual brought before the authorities on charges related to witchcraft. His appearance in the historical record—formally designated under case reference C/LA/3249—coincided with a period of heightened judicial scrutiny regarding supernatural allegations in the region. As a resident of Aberdeen, Andro was swept into the machinery of the Scottish legal system, a process that frequently placed ordinary inhabitants at the center of rigorous ecclesiastical and secular investigations.
The subsequent proceedings against Andro culminated in a trial, recorded under the reference T/LA/1875. While the archival fragments pertaining to his life are brief, they highlight the structured nature of seventeenth-century justice, which moved swiftly from initial accusation to formal litigation. The records concerning Andro serve as a quiet testament to the lived experience of those navigating the perilous intersection of community suspicion and the stringent witchcraft laws that characterized this era of early modern Scotland.