The scale of this witch hunt caused people to question the whole process of trying people for witchcraft. An illustration from George Mackenzie's 1678 book 'Law and Customs in Scotland in Matters ...

Other accused witches included Agnes Sampson, a respected elderly woman in North Berwick and Dr John Fian, a local ...

In Scotland until the 1500s, witchcraft was seen as a religious rather than a criminal issue. Anyone accused of witchcraft was usually dealt with in local church courts. In 1563, that changed.