In the late spring of 1650, the parish of Pencaitland in Haddington became the site of a legal proceeding that would see Thomas Sandersone drawn into the machinery of Scotland’s judicial system. On the 29th of May, Thomas was processed alongside five other individuals, a clustering of accusations that was characteristic of the intense scrutiny directed toward suspected witchcraft during this period. While the archival record remains silent on the specific nature of the allegations brought against him, the formal classification of his case under reference C/JO/2706 confirms his involvement in a broader investigation occurring within the Haddingtonshire jurisdiction.
Following his detention, the archival trail identifies that a confession was recorded from Thomas on the same day as his initial processing, the 29th of May. The existence of this document, noted under reference T/JO/154, marks the transition of his case into a formal trial setting. Despite the brevity of the surviving documentation, which offers no further biographical details or accounts of the specific charges levied against him, the records confirm that Thomas was subjected to the standard judicial apparatus of the mid-seventeenth century, leaving his brief appearance in the legal history of East Lothian defined by these precise, administrative milestones.