I looked up the trial transcripts and they didn't have lawyers. The people arrested were tried in a special civil court and were questioned by the court. One hundred and fifty were imprisoned and 19 "witches" were hung. Giles Corey was pressed to death ( big rocks put on his chest until he died).
1,678900 were accused and only 2,67840 were found "guilty"
Between 150 and 200.
"Witches" did not really exist, but people were frightened by the thought of them. They would burn or hang witches. Citezens that nobody liked were usually accused of being witches in order do get rid of them. Others were accused because they did not fit in or were very strange, so they were suspects of practicing witchcraft.
Reverend hale told the accused witches to confess beecause, he lost all faith in the court and wanted to save them from getting hanged. The accused witches however refused to confess.
The accused were arrested, jailed, and tried. If they were convicted, they were hanged.
As far as scientist know, 0. The Salem Witch Trials, however, was a time when people were accused of being witches and were killed.
hung & burnt
No ^^
Many Were named ad Many were falsely accused a 19 Hanged
No - women accused of being witches were hunted tortured and killed.
'The swimming of witches' was when a women, accused of being a witch, was dragged down a river.
Mostly innocent women.