In the summer of 1633, the local authorities in Caithness turned their attention toward Agnes Sutherland, a married woman residing in the settlement of Reiss, near Wick. Her encounter with the judicial process was formalised on 31 July 1633, when she was entered into the records under case reference C/LA/3308. At this time, the legal machinery of early modern Scotland was frequently employed to investigate allegations of witchcraft, and Agnes was subsequently brought before the court to face the charges brought against her.
The particulars of the legal proceedings were documented under trial reference T/LA/2097. While the specific nature of the accusations brought against Agnes remains confined to the procedural registers of the period, the transition from her initial identification to a full trial marks her case as a distinct entry in the history of the Scottish witch trials. The records concerning her involvement serve as a testament to the administrative rigour applied to such accusations in the seventeenth century, documenting the path of an individual caught within the legal and social framework of Wick during this era.