Today it wouldn't be evidence. Police and judges today would assume that your were either lying or on drugs.
Bridget Bishop. She was tried alone before they finished the debate over whether or not to use spectral evidence in court was finished because they had found what they figured was real evidence in her home and didn't need spectral evidence to make a case.
The Salem witch trials gave a reason for the use of spectral evidence in trial to be banned in court, something that hadn't happened before.
They began when girls began having epilepsy-like fits, which were diagnosed as bewitchment. The trials ended when the governor outlawed spectral evidence, the insubstanial main evidence used in the trials, after his wife was accused.
There are more laws regarding evidence and the quality of evidence has gone up. And, of course, what is considered evidence has changed.
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It wouldn't be. If it can't be proven, it is too far beyond reasonable doubt to work with. It would be closest to witness testimony, but witnesses don't usually describe spirits.
Bridget Bishop. She was tried alone before they finished the debate over whether or not to use spectral evidence in court was finished because they had found what they figured was real evidence in her home and didn't need spectral evidence to make a case.
The Salem witch trials gave a reason for the use of spectral evidence in trial to be banned in court, something that hadn't happened before.
Spectral Evidence. The afflicted claimed to be able to see the spirits of spectors of the witches and the ghosts of their victims. Of course, that was extremely insubstanial and after it was outlawed, convicts stopped.
They went on trial. And were probably found guilty. However, only 19 went on trial before the evidence that was used to justify arresting the accused, spectral evidence, was banned.
some of the evidence looked for in the Salem witch trials was muttering under the breath of bizar words, paleness of the skin, and heavy sweat when being accused
They began when girls began having epilepsy-like fits, which were diagnosed as bewitchment. The trials ended when the governor outlawed spectral evidence, the insubstanial main evidence used in the trials, after his wife was accused.
There are more laws regarding evidence and the quality of evidence has gone up. And, of course, what is considered evidence has changed.
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William Stoughton Thomas Danforth Bartholomew Gedney Nathaniel Saltonstall (resigned because he didn't agree with spectral evidence) Jonathon Corwin (replaced Saltonstall) Samuel Sewall John Hathorne George Herrick
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
Salem, Massachusets.