In the summer of 1649, the judicial machinery in Haddington turned toward Helen Lausone, whose legal proceedings were initiated following an accusation by a woman named Issobell Murray. On July 11, Helen was brought before the authorities to answer for grave charges, the most prominent of which was the allegation of entering into a pact with the demonic. The records indicate that the process moved swiftly; on that same day, Helen provided a formal confession regarding the accusations leveled against her.
While the archived legal files—cataloged as C/EGD/1315—confirm that a confession was secured, the subsequent documentation regarding her fate remains incomplete. References to her case within the trial registers, T/JO/103 and T/JO/104, contain no further details concerning the proceedings, legal arguments, or the ultimate verdict reached by the court. Consequently, the record for Helen concludes with her documented admission, leaving the final outcome of her trial absent from the surviving historical narrative.