 Let's talk about the trial. There were two major trials, 1841 and 1847. In 1841, she was indicted for the first time by the Court of General Sessions for the death of Anne Maria Purdy, who died two years after Madame Rostel supposedly provided an abortion for her. But that case was overturned by the New York Supreme Court. One of the reasons it was such a big case is because Maria Purdy was married.