A hellish murder committed by a French midwife on the body of her husband, Jan. 27, 1687/8 for which she was arraigned at the Old-Baily, Feb. 22, 1687/8, and pleaded guilty and the day following received sentence to be burnt.
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A hellish murder committed by a French midwife on the body of her husband, Jan. 27, 1687/8 for which she was arraigned at the Old-Baily, Feb. 22, 1687/8, and pleaded guilty and the day following received sentence to be burnt.
Author
Hobry, Marie, d. 1688.
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London :: Printed for R. Sare ... and published by Randal Taylor ...,
1688.
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Hobry, Denis, d. 1688.
Trials (Murder) -- England.
Murder.
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"A hellish murder committed by a French midwife on the body of her husband, Jan. 27, 1687/8 for which she was arraigned at the Old-Baily, Feb. 22, 1687/8, and pleaded guilty and the day following received sentence to be burnt." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43274.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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Midd. & West.
The Examination of John Desermeau, Servant to Martin Dubois, of the Parish of S. Clement's Danes, Wea∣ver, Feb. 3. 1687/8. Saith,
THat upon Monday Morning last, the Mother of this Examinate came to his Master to have him Home with her, to speak to one that she could not understand, this Examinates Mother not understanding English; and about Nine or Ten a Clock, this Examinate went with his Mother to her Lodgings; but the Man she spake of did not come.
This Examinate stayed at his Mothers Lodgings about half an Hour, and went then to Covent Garden, where this Examinate staid 'til Seven or Eight a Clock at Night, where he spake to no Body; but about that Hour returned Home to his Mothers, and saw his Mother, and staid about a quar∣ter of an Hour, and then went and lay under a Stall over against the Rose Tavern all Night. About Seven a Clock
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in the Morning, he went again to his Mothers, where he saw his Mother, and saw his Sister also that Morning, meet∣ing her in New-Street in the Strand.
Capt' Die & Anno supradict' coram me
Ro. L'Estrange.
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