In November 1649, a man named Nicoles Wichtman became the subject of legal proceedings concerning the crime of witchcraft. While historical scholarship offers differing perspectives on his exact place of origin—with some records associating him with the parish of Kirkton near Jedburgh, and others, such as Christina Larner, placing his residence in Crichton near Dalkeith—his case stands as a documented entry in the judicial archives of mid-seventeenth-century Scotland.
Following his apprehension, the legal process against Nicoles culminated in a trial, the details of which are cataloged under reference T/LA/2056. A central feature of the proceedings against him was a formal confession. The existence of this record, detailing his own statements, remains the primary surviving evidence of his encounter with the legal and ecclesiastical authorities of the time.