Elizabeth Canning, malefactor Mile End Road View of an army encampment

View of an army encampment on Blackheath

Oval portrait of David Garrick

The guests are standing in the middle of a near empty dance floor

on the left and St Thomas's Hospital on the right

View of the Lord Mayor and court of Aldermen

Elizabeth Canning, malefactor Mile End Road View of an army encampmentElizabeth 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