They were hanged if they were convicted. Giles Corey was pressed to death with stones in order to force him to make a plea in court.
The convicted were executed by hanging.
During the Salem Witch Trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692, 19 were hanged, 1 was pressed to death and as many as 13 died in prison.
Nineteen people were hanged during the Salem witch trials.
Hanging
19 people were hanged in the Salem Witch Trials and 1 (an old man) was killed by "pressing" because he refused a trial.
The Salem witch trials happened during the year 1692, the first to be executed was Bridget Bishop. In total 19 people were killed after being found guilty of witch craft, this is not counting the many people that they suspected died in jail.
The Salem witchcraft trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. 140 were accused, 20 were killed.
a lot of people
The outcome of the Salem witch trials was the remembrance of a situation which casts Salem into infamy. A hysteria had gripped the town, and the people of Salem had senselessly killed a lot of people.
The victims of the trials were hanged. However, Giles Corey was pressed to death under stones when he refused to enter a plea during his trial.
They would tickle the witch
Yes. There was a couple of Trials that only killed a few people. A witch hunt in Germany killed hundreds.