A full and impartial account of the discovery of sorcery and witchcraft practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne in Hertfordshire. Upon the bodies of Anne Thorn, Anne Street, &c. : the proceedings against her from her being first apprehended, till she was committed to gaol by Sir Henry Chauncy. Also her tryal at the assizes at Hertford before Mr. Justice Powell, where she was found guilty of felony and witchcraft, and receiv'd sentence of death for the same, March 4. 1711-12 ... / [Anon].

Francis Bragge

Date:: 1712

Credit: A full and impartial account of the discovery of sorcery and witchcraft practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne in Hertfordshire. Upon the bodies of Anne Thorn, Anne Street, &c. : the proceedings against her from her being first apprehended, till she was committed to gaol by Sir Henry Chauncy. Also her tryal at the assizes at Hertford before Mr. Justice Powell, where she was found guilty of felony and witchcraft, and receiv'd sentence of death for the same, March 4. 1711-12 ... / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$; on 5 the blacalinhn althot saith Submifhi -tlema 1's Knowledge in the Law, there ar tothe contrary. ~V fthall, mention, but one, .. al plentiteg at the Summer, Affizes at Ia -in, ne i bas $34: fel ore ude, pi ae) ore fe upon 4 Lo soe , ebereby ber sng Mi was, in, paired of Mas by Rea fon, of. (isin Ml Fits, upon Ac» comnt. tp abe faid. Witchcraft, (which was exactly, our Cafe, ). and. was vee that Indictment nae Gui ty, and executed Three or Four. Days, cafter. , But it feems we.were not fut- + fer'd to lay our Inc ener ent thus; mays,Wwe were told by a ne ~ the Perfon,. whofe Bu {Sit ve. to ,dtaw. it up,, that he ( “neither could, nor ‘would, lay it fo; ‘and afterwards, ‘when - ‘we came into Court, ‘we found,” to our. great Surprizes _ that the, was, Indicted. only, fol convertir ng Ve apae with the Devil in the Shape af 4. Cat, and mt a} Word, as Re cud heer ‘ of Anal Forng heal hMiot tis a ho ak erat « Howevers: we dhonght ourfelves able. to prove, even, this by Twoor: Three: W itrnelless t the main. ‘of our mol pot itive. ~ vides being now made meerly. Circamiantial . When ae the Bill was pre fented to the Grand. Jury Mane Thorn was — ina Fit, .octafioned: by the Sight of: Jane. Wenham inthe Court,j when the: Witneffes, were there , fworn to. the vir. dence they fhould give the. Grand- Inqueft,, but, was {oon recovered out of 1t,by. Erayet and was} wall engugh to fo give ; cher, Evidence tathe, Grands] fury, out OF Five: more of the: Principal Witnefics, and. t fhe’ ily Was, {oon found, to etrue., About Nine i in. the Morning, March the 4th, the Trial | amejon before Mrs Juttice Purell... After the ufual, Forma- Tities, and the Frifnoct having z pleaded not Guilty, and put herfelfon | her Trial, the Jury were fworny, aud, the” *Wwitnet- } '),fe8 called, over, being, Sixteeninall. » Phe Grit Evidence that was {worn was A ; Thorn, w 0 going to relate, what had happened § toher, f Le nt wed ing taken Spec suerte with violent, Convu pay ‘was 4 very {trong 5 We faid, that he never heard t lat inany . shy Witches a efe “i Perfon. afaicted. Felli into a Fit in Jury he. 4 oon 4 Sf Court; but for the Satisfaction ofthe, J the;Prifoner to be brqught near, her,, and, 10. {ey OR which. the, Girl: flew at, her, aie, erat! u ual. a te. aoe a ‘Tien Mis, Gardin was 5 Lwin a wtio, eave 4 ee ul \ ;$

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