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Name Description Original Text
ConstableA man from Well-Close in London, described as a Constable who helps in the apprehension of the witch, Sarah Griffith, and the prevention of her escape by knocking her down when she attempted to jump a wall. The Constable takes Sarah Griffith to the Justice.(1)Mr. John --- fearing some further mischief, takes a Constable and goes to her lodging where he finds the Old Woman, and charges the Constable with her. She made many attempts to escape, but the Devil who owned her ashamed had now left her, and she was apprehended. As she was conducted toward, the Justice House she tried to leap over the Wall and had done it had not the Constable knocked her down. ()