The Case of Sarah Hart

Trial took place in Ailesbury as part of the Assizes and they were the biggest regional courts. The Crown believed that it had enough evidence to prove that Sarah Hart had become a threat to John Tall's life as a Quaker. But Angela Buckley says that this was essentially a circumstantial case. There's very much the reliance on circumstantial evidence particularly things like his clothing.

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