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over her head like a white handkerchief, walking with her
hands before her, very faintly, and was a shortish woman,
with a shortish sort of a thing on, it did not come very low
on her ; that he looked at her face as she passed him, and
said (upon looking upon Elizabeth Canning) he takes her
to be the same person.-—And several other witnesses tes-
tified to the same effect, of seeing her that day.
After this, a number of witnesses living about Enfield,
proved that Mary Squires had been there about Christmas,
and in January ; but they did not agree in the exact dates.
The counsel for the prosecution said, He was to tell the
jury from the prosecutor, that he had nothing against her
exclusive of that fact.
After all the witnesses were examined, the recorder
summed up the evidence on both sides, which took up
about two hours ; it being then twelve o’clock at night, of
Tuesday May 6th, the jury withdrew, and after being out
upwards of two hours, brought in their verdict in writing,
Guilty of Perjury, but not wilful or corrupt;—but the
Court telling them, that their verdict must be either Guilty,
or Not Guilty, they again withdrew, and in a short time
after, brought her in Guilty, but recommended her to the-
mercy of the Court; upon which she was immediately
committed to Newgate,
Thus ended this very remarkable trial, after having
lasted eight days ; and it is allowed by all, was the most
extraordinary one that ever came before any Court in this,
kingdom. Iler sentence was respited till the next cessions,
which began May the 13th :--In the mean time, two of
the jury who tried her, made an affidavit that they did not
mean by their verdict, to bring her in Guilty of Wilful
and Corrupt Perjury. When the Sessions began, one of
the King’s Counsel moved the Court for an arrest of judg-
ment, or a new trial, and argued very strongly for it; but
this was over-ruled, and the Court proceeded to pass
sentence ;
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over her head like a white handkerchief, walking with her
hands before her, very faintly, and was a shortish woman,
with a shortish sort of a thing on, it did not come very low
on her ; that he looked at her face as she passed him, and
said (upon looking upon Elizabeth Canning) he takes her
to be the same person.-—And several other witnesses tes-
tified to the same effect, of seeing her that day.
After this, a number of witnesses living about Enfield,
proved that Mary Squires had been there about Christmas,
and in January ; but they did not agree in the exact dates.
The counsel for the prosecution said, He was to tell the
jury from the prosecutor, that he had nothing against her
exclusive of that fact.
After all the witnesses were examined, the recorder
summed up the evidence on both sides, which took up
about two hours ; it being then twelve o’clock at night, of
Tuesday May 6th, the jury withdrew, and after being out
upwards of two hours, brought in their verdict in writing,
Guilty of Perjury, but not wilful or corrupt;—but the
Court telling them, that their verdict must be either Guilty,
or Not Guilty, they again withdrew, and in a short time
after, brought her in Guilty, but recommended her to the-
mercy of the Court; upon which she was immediately
committed to Newgate,
Thus ended this very remarkable trial, after having
lasted eight days ; and it is allowed by all, was the most
extraordinary one that ever came before any Court in this,
kingdom. Iler sentence was respited till the next cessions,
which began May the 13th :--In the mean time, two of
the jury who tried her, made an affidavit that they did not
mean by their verdict, to bring her in Guilty of Wilful
and Corrupt Perjury. When the Sessions began, one of
the King’s Counsel moved the Court for an arrest of judg-
ment, or a new trial, and argued very strongly for it; but
this was over-ruled, and the Court proceeded to pass
sentence ;