In the year 1649, the judicial records of Haddington document the case of a resident named Adam Harlaw, who faced formal accusations of witchcraft. The legal proceedings initiated against Adam are cataloged within the court records under the reference C/EGD/1358, marking his entry into a period of intense judicial scrutiny regarding occult practices that swept through Scotland during the mid-seventeenth century.
Following the initial charges, Adam was brought to trial under the record T/LA/1041. While the archival documentation preserves the administrative trail of his prosecution, it offers limited insight into the specific testimony or the ultimate outcome of the proceedings. Adam remains a notable figure in the local history of Haddington as one of the few men recorded in the legal archives during this specific wave of trial activity, reflecting the broader complexities of the Scottish witch-hunting era.