What they did was legal at the time. And besides, the judges were hired by the government to preside over the trials.
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Martha Corey is on trial. She was put on trial in Salem, Massachusetts as part of the infamous Salem Witch Trials of the 1600s.
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The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem Massachusettes, in what is now the USA.
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the Salem Witch trials were held in various locations dotted all over the USA from 1692-1693. The Salem Witch trials is the shortest Witch trial to be recorded in history.
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.
May of 1693.
The Crucible is a fictional work ABOUT the Salem Witch Trials.
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Peter Oliver was one of the trial judges.
They were tried in court by a panel of judges who were also the jury. The accusers and afflicted pleaded their case against them and they did their best to defend themselves. All the aquittals occured because the judges didn't buy into the accusations anymore.