English maidservant who claimed to have been kidnapped
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Genuine and impartial memoirs of Elizabeth Canning, containing a complete history of that unfortunate girl, from her birth to the present time, and particularly every remarkable occurrence from the day of her absence January 1, 1753, to the day of her receiving sentence, May 30, 1754 ... with some observations on the behaviour of the court and the conduct of the jury. In which is included, the whole tenor of the evidence given ... on her ... trial ... Also free and candid remarks on Sir Crisp Gascoyne's address.
Date: 1754- E-books
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The trial of Elizabeth Canning, spinster, for wilful and corrupt perjury at Justice Hall in the Old-Bailey, Held by Adjournment, On Monday the 29th of April, Wednesday the 1st, Friday the 3d, Saturday the 4th, Monday the 6th, Tuesday the 7th, and Wednesday the 8th of May, 1754. Before the Right Honourable Thomas Rawlinson, Esq; Lord-Mayor of the City of London, Sir Edward Clive, Knt. one of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, The Honourable Heneage Legge, Esq; one of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, William Moreton, Esq; Recorder, and others the Justices, &c. Taken in short-hand, by Thomas Gurney, Samuel Rudd and Isaacharman, all eminent short-hand Writers, appointed by the Court for that Purpose, and after being carefully examined together, and Faithfully transcribed by the said Thomas Gurney, many years short-hand Writer at the said Court.
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773.Date: [1754]- E-books
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A full and authentic account of the strange and mysterious affair between Mary Squires a gypsy, and Elizabeth Canning, Who swore that she was robbed, and afterwards confined by the Gypsy, till she was almost starved; for which the Gypsy was condemned to Death, but afterwards received his Majesty's Pardon. With all the particulars of the trial of Elizabeth Canning afterwards, upon an indictment for a false accusation, &c. of the gypsy; which began at the Old Bailey on Monday the 29th of April, 1754, and continued till Tuesday the seventh of May
Elizabeth CanningDate: [1754]- E-books
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Canning's farthing post . Containing the whole proceedings relating to her sufferings, from the time of her being assaulted ... to her being try'd at the Old-Bailey, ... As also, the trials of Mary Squires, Susannah Wells, and the three Abbotsbury men, ..
Elizabeth CanningDate: 1754
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Genuine and impartial memoirs of Elizabeth Canning, containing a complete history of that unfortunate girl, from her birth to the present time, and particularly every remarkable occurrence from the day of her absence January 1, 1753, to the day of her receiving sentence, May 30, 1754 ... with some observations on the behaviour of the court and the conduct of the jury. In which is included, the whole tenor of the evidence given ... on her ... trial ... Also free and candid remarks on Sir Crisp Gascoyne's address.
Date: 1754