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[[File:Cock lane ghost.png|250px|thumb|alt=A monochrome illustration of a narrow street, viewed from a corner, or intersection. A large three-storey building is visible on the right of the image. The ground floor has three windows, the first and second floors have two windows each. The roof appears to contain a row of windows, for a loft space.  The word "KING" is written between the first and second floors, and a sign, "Gas meter maker" hangs above the ground floor windows.|A 19th-centu(contracted; show full) were brought back on 22&nbsp;November, but sentencing was delayed in the hope that they could agree damages with Kent.  They returned on 27&nbsp;January 1763, having been unable to reach an agreement, and were committed to the [[King's Bench Prison]] until 11&nbsp;February.  John Moore and Richard James were admonished, and released.  The following day, the rest were sentenced:<ref name="Grantpp113114">{{Harvnb|Grant|1965|pp=113–114}}</ref>

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 [sic] that Mr. Kent, who had been so much injured on the occasion, should receive some reparation by punishment of the offenders, deferred giving judgment for seven or eight months, ''in hopes that the parties might make it up in the meantime.''  Accordingly, the clergyman, and tradesman agreed to pay Mr. Kent a round sum—some say between £500 and £600 to purchase their pardon, and were, therefore, dismissed with a severe reprimand.  The father was ordered to be set in the [[pillory]] three t(contracted; show full)*[http://www.sarahbakewell.com/Other%20Writing.html#scratchingfanny A 'Fortean Times' article about the Cock Lane Ghost]
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[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Hoaxes in the United Kingdom]]

[[fr:Fantôme de Cock Lane]]
[[ja:コック・レーンの幽霊]]