Who were the prosecutors in the Salem witch trials?

Answer 1

Chief Judge

William Stoughton

Associate Judges

Jonathan Corwin, Salem

Thomas Danforth, Boston

Bartholomew Gedney, Salem

John Hathorne, Salem

John Richards, Boston

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Haverhill

Peter Sargent, Boston

Samuel Sewell, Salem

Stephen Sewall, Clerk of the Court

Wait Winthrop, Boston

Attorney-General for the Court of Oyer and Terminer

Thomas Newton, May 31, 1692 � July 26, 1692

Anthony Checkley, July 27th, replaced Thomas Newton,

Sheriff of the County of Essex

George Corwin

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Answer 2

There were no witch hunters involved in Salem. A witch hunter is someone who travels around to find witches. In Salem, all the accusations were made by supposedly bewitched girls.

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A preacher named Cotton Mather was responsible for a lot of deaths of innocent women whom he called witches.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The closest thing to prosecutors during the trials were the town magistrates, John Hathorne and Jonathon Corwin.

Answer 5

Twenty people were executed as witches in the Salem witch trials, but they were all innocent. There were no actual witches.

Answer 6

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