In the summer of 1649, a period of heightened judicial activity regarding witchcraft in Scotland, Agnes Wilsone was identified among the residents of Humbie in Haddington. Her legal proceedings began in late July, situated within a broader atmosphere of anxiety that prompted local authorities to seek official oversight. On July 25, 1649, Agnes was named as one of thirteen individuals included in a collective request for a commission, a formal administrative step required to authorize a trial for the crime of witchcraft.
The documentation surrounding Agnes indicates that the legal process moved swiftly toward a resolution. On the same day her name was submitted for the commission, a formal confession was recorded in her name. While the specific nature of the allegations remains preserved only within the broader archives of case C/JO/2679 and trial T/JO/117, her experience reflects the standard procedural trajectory for those accused in Haddington during the mid-seventeenth century, where recorded confessions served as a pivotal component of the judicial record.