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Some People thought it may have been because:
1. Of his high temper
2. His wife had as well been accused of witchcraft that could also be one reason
3. He had ben guilty for one case of murder
4. He was threatened his neighbors
5. He was accused to have set John Procter's house on fire but there wasnt any evidence.

Some Facts; The things written on top are also facts to use
1. He had been crushed to death
2. Only person to be crushed to death
3. Crushed to death because he wouldn't cooperate with the court
4. His death took 3days
5. Was stripped naked in his death process and neighbors watched his death
6. His wife Matha Corey was hung to death
7. She died on September 22, 1692
8. Third wife of Gile Corey


;P hope i helped

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"Reaching for land," or buying up the confiscated property of neighbors accused and convicted of witchcraft.


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Giles Corey, and he wasn't accused of witchcraft, he with held a name from them.


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Use the whole witchcraft scandal to try to get more land


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