Seacoastonline.com reviews I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake: Sleepwalking, Insanity, and the Trial of Abraham Prescott by Leslie Lambert Rounds

“Abraham Prescott had confessed, but could he still be innocent? The question of whether one person could kill another while sleeping fascinated 19th century Americans. In September 1833, Abraham was indicted for “feloniously, willfully and with malice aforethought having taken the life of Sally Cochran.” He pleaded “not guilty.” One of his lawyers, Hon. Ichabod Bartlett, was from Portsmouth. The second attorney, Charles H. Peaslee, was from Concord. Both [men] struggled to keep their client alive…”

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