Rose Mersam is indicted for allegedly causing James Thompson to languish and his body to waste for the space of five days. He continued in this state at the time of the indictment. Mersam allegedly committed this act using witchcraft and at the instigation of the Devil. (20)

Rose Mersam pleads not guilty to bewitching James Thompson. (20)

Rose Mersam, at the instigation of the Devil, allegedly practices witchcraft upon James Thompson so that he languished and wasted in his body for the space of five days and remained so at the time the text was written.(20)