The indictment concluded as follows:

In consequence of the foregoing, the peasant of the village

Borki, Simeon Kartinkin, 33 years of age, the meschanka Euphemia

Botchkova, 43 years of age, and the meschanka Katerina Maslova,

27 years of age, are accused of having on the 17th day of

January, 188--, jointly stolen from the said merchant, Smelkoff,

a ring and money, to the value of 2,500 roubles, and of having

given the said merchant, Smelkoff, poison to drink, with intent