In the summer of 1649, Manie Halieburton, a married woman residing in West Fentoun within the parish of Dirleton, Haddington, became the subject of formal legal scrutiny regarding allegations of witchcraft. Her case, officially catalogued as C/EGD/1326, was opened on July 2, 1649, marking the beginning of a process that would involve her in the complex judicial machinery of the mid-seventeenth century. Historical records suggest that Manie may be the same individual identified in contemporary documentation as Euphame Halieburton, pointing to a potential overlap in the administrative efforts to address these charges.
The subsequent legal proceedings surrounding Manie are preserved in trial records T/JO/1876 and T/LA/1061. These documents trace the trajectory of her case as it moved through the Scottish court system, reflecting the prevailing sociopolitical and religious climate of the period. While the specific testimonies and individual counts of the indictment remain subjects of archival study, the inclusion of Manie in these records highlights the vulnerability of women in East Lothian during this intensive period of witch-hunting, providing a somber window into the administrative reach of the seventeenth-century Scottish state.