Anna Trapnell travelled to Cornwall on the whim of a dream. In April 1654 she was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, and brought before the magistrates in Truro. Anticipating that she would be considered a taciturn witch she overwhelmed the court with verbosity. Judges asked her questions about the reasons of her travels and her purpose for preaching. She responded with questions, parables, and quotations from the Bible. The intense questioning and the ambiguity of her responses is very reminiscent of the trial in Jesus before the Crucifixion. Whether this report of her trial is accurate, however, is debatable, for the only of account of Anna Trapnell's trial is her own.