In the spring of 1659, the burgh of Haddington became the site of a legal proceeding involving a resident named Meg Maitland. The formal record of her case, indexed as C/EGD/328, was opened on April 27, 1659. At this time, the judicial machinery of the Scottish state, operating under a complex intersection of local burghal authority and national statutes, formally identified Meg as the subject of an investigation regarding the crime of witchcraft.
The trajectory of this case eventually led to a trial under the classification T/LA/1694. While the brief historical record remains sparse regarding the specific testimony or the exact nature of the accusations brought against her, the existence of these documented proceedings confirms that Meg was subjected to the full rigour of the Scottish legal system during a period of heightened concern regarding diabolical influence. Her experience remains preserved within the official archives as part of the broader history of the Scottish witch hunts that spanned from the mid-16th to the early 18th century.