In the late summer of 1629, Helen Huldie, a married woman residing in the Berwickshire parish of Coldingham, became the subject of legal proceedings concerning the crime of witchcraft. Recorded under case reference C/EGD/679, Helen was drawn into the rigorous judicial machinery that characterised the early modern Scottish legal landscape. On the first of August, the formal process against her commenced, initiating a sequence of events that would see her name entered into the administrative archives of the era.
Following the initial registration of her case, the legal path for Helen moved toward a formal trial, documented under reference T/LA/694. While the specific evidentiary details of her accusations remain confined to the archival record, her transition from a resident of Coldingham to a defendant in a witchcraft trial reflects the broader sociopolitical climate of seventeenth-century Scotland. These records serve as a stark testament to the judicial scrutiny Helen faced as the authorities examined the charges brought against her.