The Witchcraft Delusion In Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. Taylor - HTML preview

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CHAPTER VII

Mercy Disborough--Cases at Fairfield, 1692--The special court--The indictment--Testimonies--Jesop--Barlow--Dunning--Hal iberch--Benit--

Grey--Godfree--Search for witch marks--Ordeal by water--Cateran Branch's accusation--Jury disagree--Later verdict of guilty--The governor's sentence--Reference to General Court--Afterthought--John Hale's conclusion--Courts call on the ministers--Their answer--General advice--Reasons for reprieve--Notable papers--Eliot and Woodbridge--Willis--Pitkin--Stanly--The pardon CHAPTER VIII

Hawthorne--Latimer--Additional cases--Curious and vulgar testimony--Al illustrative of opinion--Make it understandable--Elizabeth Seager--Witnesses--What they swore to--Garretts--Sterne--Hart--Willard--

Pratt--Migat--"Staggerings" of the jury--Contradictions--Verdict--

Elizabeth Godman--Governor Goodyear's dilemma--Strange doings--Ball's information--Imprisonment--Discharge--Nathaniel and Rebecca Greensmith--

Character, Accusation--Rebecca's confession--Conviction--Double execution at Hartford