Maƙaryaci na Padiham

Margaret Pearson, wanda aka fi sani da Maƙaryaci na Padiham saboda tana zaune a garin Padiham a Lancashire, Ingila, tana daga cikin waɗanda aka gwada tare da maƙaryan Pendle a cikin gwajin maƙaryacin Lancashire na 1612. Wannan, shari'arta ta uku don maita, ta faru ne a ranar 19 ga watan Agusta a Lancaster Assizes [1] a gaban Sir James Altham da Sir Edward Bromley .

Ɗaya daga cikin maƙaryacin Pendle, Anne Whittle, wanda aka fi sani da Chattox, ta zargi Pearson da "hawan doki ... zuwa mutuwa", don haka an tuhume ta da kashe doki. [2][3] Sauran shaidar da aka gabatar a kanta ta fito ne daga wani mazaunin Padiham, Jennet Booth, wanda ya ce a ziyarar da ya kai ga mijin Pearson yayin da Margaret ke kurkuku wani frog ya tsalle daga tarin itace.[2] An same shi da laifin maita da ba ta da kisa Pearson ya tsere wa kisa, kuma a maimakon haka an yanke masa hukuncin kisa a Lancaster, Clitheroe, Whalley da Padiham a cikin kwanaki hudu na kasuwa, sannan ya biyo bayan shekara guda a kurkuku.[4] [lower-alpha 1] ￼

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