Dummy,the Witch of Sible Hedingham

 

Dummy, Umurozi wa Sible Hedingham ( c. 1788 - 4 Nzeri 1863) ni izina ry'irihimbano ry'umusaza utazwi wari umwe mu bantu ba nyuma bashinjwaga kuroga mu Bwongereza mu kinyejana cya 19. Yapfuye nyuma yo gukubitwa akajugunywa mu ruzi n'abahigi .

Umaze igihe kinini atuye i Sible Hedingham, Essex, umudugudu muto w'ubuhinzi mu cyaro cy'Ubwongereza, yari afite ubumuga bwo kutumva-kutavuga yinjiza amaramuko nk'umupfumu waho. Muri Nzeri 1863, Dummy yashinjwaga na Emma Smith wo muri Ridgewell ko 'yamututse,yamuvumye'kugira indwara, maze akurwa mu kabari ka Swan n’agatsiko k’abasinzi. Yategetswe 'gukuraho umuvumo'. Igihe Dummy atabikoze, yajugunywe mu mugezi uri hafi nk '" ibigeragezo n'amazi ". Yakubiswe kandi inkoni mbere yuko ajyanwa mu kazi i Halstead ari naho yapfiriye umusonga . Nyuma y’iperereza ryakozwe n’ubuyobozi, Emma Smith na Samuel Stammers, wari umubaji w'ubuhanga ndetse akaba n'inshuti na Smith, bashinjwaga "gukubita mu buryo butemewe n’umufaransa umusaza bakunze kwita Dummy, bityo bikamuviramo urupfu." (Icyifuzo cy'uko Dummy yari Umufaransa cyari gisanzwe mu mudugudu, ariko nya bimenyetso byinshi byari bihari byerekana niba ari ukuri.) Bageragejwe mu Rukiko rwa Chelmsford Assizes,aho ku itariki ya 8 Werurwe 1864 bahamijwe igihano cy'amezi atandatu y'akazi gakomeye.