The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Reference Number	t16910527-17
Verdict	Guilty
Sentence	Death

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Related Material	Ordinary's Account, 3rd June 1691 Associated Records

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  Margaret Deane of  Leather-Lane , was Tryed for the Murther of her Female Infant Bastard Child, on the 20th of April last, by casting it into a Vault, &c. The Proof was, That the Child was found in the House of Office, which the Prisoner confest immediately; but no Wounds were found upon the Child, the Prisoner deny'd it at her Tryal, and said she was Lawfully Married at Portsmouth; and said further, That her Husband was gone to Sea: but nothing materially to her advantage, she was found Guilty of Murther.

[Death. See summary.]