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The Tryals being over, the Court proceeded to give Sentence as followeth.
Order'd to be Burnt in the Hand 12. viz.
John Tudman , Judith Short , Thomas Barns the Elder, and Thomas Barns the Younger, Thomas Barrow , Michael Walker , James Barrow , Thomas Bears , William Scot , Humphrey Burton , Richard Whitehead , and E - W -
Order'd to be Transported 3 viz.
John Dunkin , Isaac Vaughan , and Thomas Gibs .
Order'd to be Whip'd 5 viz.
James Grimstone , Nicholas Fordham , Lewis Hedger , William White , and a Woman.
Received Sentence of Death, 9 viz.
Richard Roberts , Elizabeth Fuller , J - C - Sarah Vince , Margaret Stephenson , John Reeves , John Jennings , Elizabeth Bamfield , and Arrabella Reeves, the last of which, was order'd to be Burnt.
Arrabella Reeves, Elizabeth Fuller , and Elizabeth Bamfield pleaded their Bellys, a Jury of Matrons were Impannell'd, who brought in their Verdict in the Negative as to the first, but that the two latter were quick with Child, &c.
The Judgments of T - W - and J - P - was deferred till the Next Sessions, there being an Appeal for Murther brought against them.