The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Reference Number	t16911209-4
Verdict	Guilty

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Related Material	Ordinary's Account, 18th December 1691 Associated Records

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  Mary Mott , Tryed for killing her Male Infant Bastard Child , at  Stepney , on the 21th. day of October last; the Evidence Swore that the Child was found Dead, lying in a Gutter, on the outside of the House, of one Richard Bradley's, who declared that he being Topping some Chimneys, saw the Child lying in the Gutter, on the Top of the house; and she owned the Child to be hers, and could not prove that it was still born, as she alledged; so she was found Guilty of willful Murther.