Compiled from the original records by George Wright
The Trial took place at the Surrey Assizes on May 8, 1702, before Lord Chief Justice Holt. The charge was that the prisoner was a cheat and an impostor, in that he sought to cause Sarah Morduck to be burned at the stake for witchcraft.
Persons:
Richard Hathaway
Lord Chief Justice Holt
Mr. Conyers Counsel for the Mr. Brodrick/Crown
Sir Thomas Jenner (Serjeant at Law),
Counsel for the Defence
Sarah Morduck
Witnesses for the Prosecution:
The Rev. Dr. Martin; Mrs. Johnson; William Bateman; Mr. Hearne, brother to Sarah Morduck; Mr. Kensey, a chirurgeon; Elizabeth Baker, his servant; Mr. Stanton; Elizabeth Brand
Witnesses for the Defence:
Mr. Gibson; Mr. Flummery; Anne Pearse, from the Hospital; Elizabeth Willoughby; Mr. Webb; Mr. Powell; Mrs. Davonport; Mrs. Walker; Mrs. Dorman; Mrs. Dean; Dr.
Hamilton; Sir Thomas Lane; Mr. Spurling
Foreman of the Jury and a Rude Medley of the Vulgar
Among those taking part are:
Nicholas Hannen, Frank Birch, Wallace Evennett, Henry Hallatt, Norman Shelley, Beatrice Gilbert, Eddie Jaye, Graveley Edwards, Philip Wade, Hal Walters, Denis Waldock, Elizabeth Addison, Wilfred Fletcher, Kathleen Rowse, Joyce Wodeman, Sylvia de Wit and Victor Keefe
Production by LANCE SIEVEKING