WITCH TRIALS IN 1692, A WAVE OF WITCHCRAFT ACCUSATIONS ENGULFED SALEM AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. AS A LOCAL MAGISTRATE AND CIVIC LEADER, CORWIN WAS CALLED UPON TO INVESTIGATE THE CLAIMS OF DIABOLICAL ACTIVITY. HE AND JOHN HATHORNE PERFORMED A NUMBER OF THE INITIAL EXAMINATIONS OF ACCUSED WITCHES. CORWIN ALSO SERVED ON THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, WHICH ULTIMATELY SENT NINETEEN TO THE GALLOWS. ALL MAINTAINED THEIR INNOCENCE UNTIL THEIR DEATHS. |
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