On July 25, 1649, James Reid, a resident of Humbie in Haddington, became formally entwined in the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials. His entry into the record occurred during a period of heightened judicial activity, as he was one of twelve individuals identified in a request for prosecution. While the extant documentation remains sparse regarding the specific nature of the allegations levelled against him, the administrative records confirm that James was subjected to formal proceedings on that date under case reference C/JO/2675.
Despite the lack of detailed narratives describing the circumstances of his apprehension or the substance of the charges, the historical record confirms that James underwent a recorded confession on the very day his case was processed. His trial, cataloged as T/JO/113, stands as a testament to the systematic rigor with which the authorities in Haddington handled such accusations during the mid-seventeenth century. Although the particulars of James’s life and the specific content of his admission remain lost to time, his case serves as a fragment of the broader, documented landscape of early modern Scottish jurisprudence.