On 23 October 1649, the judicial records of Peebles formally registered the case of Nicolas Inglis. As a male resident of the burgh during a period of heightened judicial activity regarding witchcraft in Scotland, Nicolas was drawn into the mechanisms of the Scottish legal system under the specific reference C/JO/2858. This entry marked the beginning of a process that would ultimately bring him before the courts to account for charges that were, by the standards of the mid-seventeenth century, grave matters of criminal and ecclesiastical concern.
The subsequent legal proceedings against Nicolas are documented under the trial record T/JO/589. While the specific testimony and the nature of the allegations brought against him remain confined to the archival summary, his inclusion in the court records reflects the intense scrutiny applied to individuals suspected of maleficium during this era. The documentation of his trial stands as a testament to the administrative rigour with which the authorities in Peebles pursued such accusations, ensuring that Nicolas remained a subject of formal legal inquiry within the turbulent landscape of seventeenth-century Scottish justice.