Asgill pleaded for clemency under her circumstances: "I am induced to think it was extreme poverty which drove her to it, for she is with child, and has another, and the supposed father was absent; I had the best character with her." He went on to say: "My lord, I beg leave to observe, that I was induced to be lenient to this man, in hopes that he will take care of the children." At the conclusion of the hearing he also said: "My lord, I beg leave to recommend her strongly to mercy." The judgement was read as: "Court. Sarah Paris, you have been indicted and convicted of a felony, in stealing a quantity of linen, and other things, the property of Sir Charles Asgill, your master, who has very humanely recommended you to mercy, as also the Jury have recommended you with equal humanity; your situation influences me to pass on you the mildest punishment that I can pass upon you; and as I have a power, by the late act of parliament, to commute burning in the hand for a pecuniary punishment, my sentence is, that you be fined 1 s. and discharged." Her fine amounted to approximately £7.58 in 2020.