Elizabeth Canning, malefactor Finish:Stretched 'John the Quaker'

'John the Quaker'

A coney or rabbit skin seller

possibly holding his stomach in pain

and others can be seen through the arches on the left

Elizabeth Canning, malefactor Finish:Stretched 'John the Quaker'Elizabeth Canning, malefactor, c1753. In 1753, a young woman called Elizabeth Canning claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will at a house in Enfield. She also said that her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute. She supposedly escaped from the house, and on her evidence people were arrested, tried and convicted. Later, doubts began to be expressed about her story. The prisoners were released and Elizabeth Canning was