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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, "(contracted; show full)d that the ghost was real.  Other witnesses included the carpenter responsible for removing the wainscotting from Parsons' apartment and Catherine Friend, who to escape the knocking noises had left the property.  One witness's testimony caused the court to burst into laughter, at which she replied "I assure you gentlemen, it is no laughing matter, whatever you may think of it."  Reverend Thomas Broughton was also called, as was Reverend Ross, one of those who had questioned the ghost.  
Judge Murray asked him "Whether he thought he had puzzled the Ghost, or the Ghost had puzzled him?"  John Moore was offered support by several esteemed gentlemen and presented Judge Murray with a letter from the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Thomas Secker]], who sought to intercede on his behalf.  Murray placed the letter in his pocket, unopened, and told the court "it was impossible it could relate to the cause in question."  Richard James and Richard Parsons also received support from various witnesses, some of whom although acknowledging Parsons' drink problem, told the court they could not believe he was guilty.<ref name="Grantpp110112"/>

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[[Category:History of the City of London]]
[[Category:Crime in London]] 
[[Category:18th century in London]]

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