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They usually hung, burnt, drowned, or cut them to death. EDIT: At Salem, they only hung the convicted witches. Burning was a Continental European punishment. Drowning was part of the water test and if you drowned you were innocent. And "cut" I can only explain as beheading. The only person accused of witchcraft to be beheaded was Anne Bolynn, and that was because she was convicted of treason.
First of all, a legal lynching is called hanging or an execution. And you might be referring to the Salem witch trials, during with 19 were convicted of witchcraft and hanged.
Bridget Bishop
Around one hundred and sixty people. The first group to be accused fit the profile of a stereotypical witch. They were outsiders in the community, economically-independent or poor and mostly women. But as the trials progressed, the accused deviated from that profile.
Bridget Bishop, who was tried and convicted on June 2nd, 1692.
Bridget Bishop was the first top be hanged. Sarah Goode, Sarah Osbourne and Tituba were the first to be accused.
They usually hung, burnt, drowned, or cut them to death. EDIT: At Salem, they only hung the convicted witches. Burning was a Continental European punishment. Drowning was part of the water test and if you drowned you were innocent. And "cut" I can only explain as beheading. The only person accused of witchcraft to be beheaded was Anne Bolynn, and that was because she was convicted of treason.
Bridget Bishop was the first person to be executed during the Salem witch trials in 1692. She was accused of witchcraft and sorcery, and after a trial, she was found guilty and hanged. Bishop's story is a tragic reminder of the fear and hysteria that gripped the community during that time.
First of all, a legal lynching is called hanging or an execution. And you might be referring to the Salem witch trials, during with 19 were convicted of witchcraft and hanged.
Bridget Bishop
The first to accuse Tituba was Betty Parris. The other three girls who were afflicted in the beginning, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Hubbard, also accused Tituba.
Han Chin in 1895.
Nathuram Godse was the first person who was hanged after independence of India.
Around one hundred and sixty people. The first group to be accused fit the profile of a stereotypical witch. They were outsiders in the community, economically-independent or poor and mostly women. But as the trials progressed, the accused deviated from that profile.
After a person is hanged, the second party is given remedy and the hanged person is justifiably given justice. death penalty is usually given to the persons who commit murder, not only murder but first degree of murder. it is very rare for a person who is convicted of manslaughter to be hanged. if the person is a real murderer it is in the best interest of the society to be hanged. if not so then there is great possibility of the murderer to make the killings his outdoor game.
The original two girls were Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, soon after Ann Putnam and Mercy Lewis began to claim that they had seen women fly through the night sky. When the arrests and trials got going, numerous people came forward to present "evidence". A list of accusers and who they testified against can be found at the Related Link or search Salem Witchcraft Trials and you'll get a host of informative, quality websites that display actual documentation from the trials.
Bridget Bishop, who was tried and convicted on June 2nd, 1692.