In the spring of 1659, the judicial records of Haddington recorded the case of Hellen Fleck. While the precise nature of the accusations brought against her remains unelaborated in the surviving documentation, the legal proceedings initiated on April 27, 1659, marked the beginning of a formal inquiry into her alleged involvement in witchcraft. At the time of this entry, the machinery of the Scottish courts was actively engaged in the investigation of such charges, reflecting the rigorous ecclesiastical and civil oversight characteristic of the mid-seventeenth century.
By the time the subsequent record was generated in 1696, Hellen was no longer living, noted in the archives as *umquhile*—the Scots term for the deceased. This later entry, cataloged under the trial records of the period, serves as the final testament to her entanglement with the judicial system. Though the records provide limited insight into the outcome of her case or the specific grievances held against her, the persistence of her name in these legal registers underscores the gravity with which such accusations were held and preserved within the early modern Scottish legal tradition.