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16th January 1678
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | Death |
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THe first remarkable Tryal at this Sessions was of a woman for murthering her Bastard child . The Evidence proved that she confess'd her self to be with Childe; that afterwards a Childe was found dead in the street: That she acknowledg'd she had been deliver'd of a Childe, but that certain woman had taken it from her. But she was not able to produce any of those women, and so was found guilty , and must expect the punishment of Death awarded by Law to such Unnatural offenders.