Pledge, Sarah (d. 1752)

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Pledge, Sarah (d. 1752)

English murderer. Hanged at Horsham, Sussex (Aug 14, 1752); widowed; children: at least 1.

Rented rooms in Horsham to Ann Whale and her husband James; with Ann, laced James pudding with arsenic; convicted of murder and sentenced to death, was hanged in a double execution with Ann Whale.