In April 1568, Cristeane Jak, a resident of the parish of Fowlis, Lundie, in the county of Forfar, became the subject of legal proceedings concerning allegations of witchcraft. Her case is formally documented within the records of the Justiciary Court of Scotland under reference C/LA/3406. At a time when the Scottish legal landscape was increasingly preoccupied with the perceived threat of maleficium, Cristeane was brought before the authorities to answer for charges that would lead to her trial, registered under the reference T/LA/2274.
The administrative trail left by Cristeane provides a clear anchor in the chronological history of the early modern Scottish witch trials. While the specific nature of the evidence brought against her is not detailed in these surviving documents, the process identifies her clearly within the socio-legal framework of mid-16th-century Forfar. As a record of the judicial apparatus of the era, the case of Cristeane remains a testament to the rigorous, documented approach taken by the state during this period of significant social and religious transformation in Scotland.