The same thing that would happen today. If you plead guilty, there is no trial and your are sentenced, but more lightly than if you'd plead not guilty. Confessors were just jailed instead of being killed.
The Puritans held the Salem Witch Trails in 1692.
They were subject to public ridicule, torched then burned and hanged. Not in any particular order.
Massachusetts
Giles Corey, who was around 80
They happened in Salem.
He didnt
The Witch trails happened.
The Puritans held the Salem Witch Trails in 1692.
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Salem, Massachusetts.
They were subject to public ridicule, torched then burned and hanged. Not in any particular order.
Salem, Massachusetts, which is located near the New Hampshire Border.
1693
Massachusetts Bay
1692
Everyone in jail was cleared and released. The families of the executed had to petition and sue the government for their relatives' property that was confiscated upon conviction.
Answer The famous witch trails took place in Salem.