Mary and the Rabbit

Mary Toft and Dr. John Howard were brought before the judge's bench on January 7th of 1727. Mary was charged with being an abominable cheat and imposter in pretending to be delivered of several monstrous births. She was sent to Todelfield's prison for, while they weren't really sure what charge she could be held on, cruelty to animals. For his involvement,. Howard was fined the equivalent of $140,000 in modern currency, and then released. He went home and continued to practice medicine for another three decades. After her confession, that house of lies came crashing down - taking a lot of the key players with it. Within weeks, she was pregnant