A 25-year-old man denies committing two offences at a house in West Linton on December 19.
John MacDonald of Gowanbank, Livingston, pleaded not guilty to charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and assaulting a child.
A trial date has been set for April 11 at Selkirk Sheriff Court with an intermediate hearing on March 25.
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