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Anonymous 405A number of people from Beckington in the county of Somerset, who serve as a jury for the trial surrounding the nature of Mary Hill's alleged fits, characterized by the vomiting of crooked nails. The jury acquits both Ann More and Margery Coombes who allegedly appear before May Hill in her fits, "for want of Evidence." The jury also examines a number of "crooked Pins, small Nails, and small pieces of Brass" presented as evidence of the nature of Mary Hill's fits by Susanna Belton, Ann Holland, Mr. Francis Jesse, and Mr. Christopher Brewer.(75)The former of these dyed as soon as she came into Prison, the other two were Tryed at Tannton Assizes, by my Lord Chief Justice Holt, and for want of Evidence, were acquitted by the Jury. ()