10        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1671.

           Liber J J whereupon the Indictment is read againe to the Jury. after wch
                 Indictmt the Clerk said to the Jurors. upon which Indictmt she hath
                 been arraigned, upon her arraignmt she hath pleaded not guilty &
                 for her tryall hath put her self upon God and the Country which
                 Country they were so that their Charge is to Enquire whether the
                 said Isabella Yausley is guilty of the murder whereof she stands
                 Indicted or not guilty if they found her not guilty then to say so &
                 no more—but if they found her guilty then to Enquire what goods
                 &c & so to heare their Evidence.
                  Then was called Thomas Taylor William Burges & Cornelius
                 Howard and were sworne in open Court against the prisoner to give
             p.487   Evidence to the Jury, what they could say therein who having deliv
                 ered the same, The Court called to the prisoner to Speake for herself
                 which she having done the Jury went from the barre to Consult of
                 their verdict.
                  In the meane time the Cart Adjourned for half e an houre. The
                 Court being sate, The Jury came into the Court, and being called
                 by their names Respectively answere thereunto,
                  The Clerk demanded if they were agreed of their verdict and they
                 answere (yea) Then the Clarke Demanded who should Speake for
                 them and they replyed their foreman.
                  Isabella Yausley being then set to the barre, the Clerke called to
                 her to hold up her hand, and spoke to the Jurors to looke upon the
                 prisoner And then Demanded of the Jurors if Isabella Yausley then
                 standing at the barre, were guilty of the murder whereof she stands
                 indicted or not Guilty?
                  The foreman answered (Guilty)
             After which the petty Jurors were discharged.

                  Then the Clarke Spoke to the prisoner at the barre as followeth
                 Thou Isabella Yausley dost remember thou hast been Indicted of
                 murder by thee done and committed, upon thy Indictmt thou hast
                 beene arraigned and upon thy arraignmt thou hast pleaded not
                 guilty, and for thy tryall thou hast put thy self upon Cod and the
                 Country, which Country hath found thee guilty, what canst thou
                 now say why Judgemt of death should not be pronounced against
                 thee.
                  The prisoner alledging nothing in Defence
                  Proclamation was made to comand silence whilst Judgemt was in
                 giving The Chancelour made a short Repetition of the foulnes of
                 her Offence and advising her to prepare for her End, and then passed
                 Sentence as followeth.
                  Thou Isabella Yausley art to goe from hence to the place from
                 which thou didst come, from thence to the place of Execution, and
                 there thou shalt be hangd by the neck untill thou shalt be dead &
                 so the Lord have mercy upon thy Soule &c