He went back to Boston and in which he wrote a thesis on the perspectives of witchcraft. He continued to be a judge until his death in 1672 at the age of 67. He convicted over 57 people, in which 38 were hanged.
Judge William Stoughton
was a judge, businessman, and printer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, best known for his involvement in the Salem witch trials, for which he later apologized, and his essay The Selling of Joseph (1700), which criticized slavery.
Judge Danforth
I have heard that Tituba was the first one Corect me if I'm rong please if this is a question your answering anyone like on a graded assignment don't answer it unless you agree with me I'm just a 12 year old :) ......... Tituba, Sarha Osborne and Sarh Good were first accused. Bridget Bishop was the first to be tried and hanged.
There were multiple judges during the trials. Nathaniel Hawthorne's great-great-grandfather was one of them, a man by the name of John Hathorne.
William Stoughton was the head judge during the trials. Thomas Danforth was the main government official involved.William Stoughton was the lead judge during the trials.
The judge presiding over the Salem witch trials along with Deputy Governor Danforth.
Let me guess. You read the Crucible and have no clue about what really happened during the Salem witch panic. Thomas Danforth does no "reflect" anyone. He was the deputy governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692. A judge by profession, he joined the court that tried the accused.
Danforth is a judge in the novel The Crucible, which depicts the Salem witch trials. He says that the difference between witchcraft and ordinary crime is that a person accused of witchcraft cannot defend themselves by calling witnesses.
His great-great granfather was John Hathorne, judge in the Salem Witch Trials.
Having portrayed the role of Judge Hathorne at the Rochester Opera House, I did some research on the real-life character. Judge John Hathorne was not what we'd call "Mr. Nice Guy"! While he was clearly clever and educated, he was also not a very happy man at the time of the Salem witch trials. Consider that he was the sitting judge in the village of Salem. Once word reached Boston of the hysteria that was taking place in Salem, Judge Danforth (who was also the Deputy Governor) was sent up to Salem in order to take charge of the proceedings. This relegated Hathorne to "second fiddle", so to speak, as witnessed by the fact he had to ask Danforth for permission to question Mary Warren. After the trials, most of the judges (including Danforth) recanted for their actions. Hathorne...alone... went to the grave (in 1717) without ever recanting for his actions. He truly believed that he had done the work of God. EDIT: Clearly, his great-grandson disagreed about what "god" wanted. The famous Nathaniel Hawthorne was born Hathorne. He added the "W" to distance himself from his infamous ancestor.
well, not much. he was kind of a jerk. ^ Wow, it's amazing how ignorant some people are. You obviously just watched "The Crucible" or went to Wikipedia for an answer.... In fact, Thomas Danforth was a judge who actually helped a women accused of being a witch escape prison, he then hid her and her entire family on his land which is now Framingham, MA.
William Stoughton
Judge William Stoughton
Parris gives Danforth the news that Abigail and Mercy Lewis have run off with Paris's money. Danforth is the deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials.
The judge's name was Jonathan Corwin. EDIT: At the Salem Trials, there was not a single judge. There was a panel of judges that was also the jury. They included Jonathon Corwin, but also there were Nathaniel Saltsonall, Thomas Danoforth, Samuel Sewall, and Bartholomew Gedney.
One of his ancestors, John Hathorne, was a judge during the Salem Witch Trials so this connects him to the Salem Witch Trials and affects "The Scarlet Letter"