Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally
Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be
pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to
decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the
noose. With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a
mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new
authority, and the devil in their midst.