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Salem Witch Trials

NEARLY OPPOSITE THIS SPOT

STOOD, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET,

A BUILDING DEVOTED FROM 1677 TO 1718

FOR MUNICIPAL AND JUDICIAL USES. 

IN IT, IN 1692,

WERE TRIED AND CONDEMNED FOR WITCHCRAFT 

MOST OF THE NINETEEN PERSONS

WHO SUFFERED DEATH ON THE GALLOWS. 

GILES COREY WAS HERE PUT TO TRIAL 

ON THE SAME CHARGE AND, REFUSING TO PLEAD,

WAS TAKEN AWAY AND PRESSED TO DEATH. 

IN JANUARY 1693, TWENTY ONE PERSONS 

WERE TRIED HERE FOR WITCHCRAFT,

OF WHOM EIGHTEEN WERE ACQUITTED 

AND THREE CONDEMNED, BUT LATER SET FREE,

TOGETHER WITH ABOUT 150 ACCUSED PERSONS,

IN A GENERAL DELIVERY WHICH OCCURRED IN MAY.

 

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