 This case became a model for, and was referenced in, the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, when the magistrates were looking for proof that spectral evidence could be used in a court of law.Reverend John Hale, whose wife was accused at Salem, in his publication, "Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft", noted how the judges consulted for precedents and lists the 60-page publication "A Tryal of Witches".Cotton Mather, in his 1693 book "The Wonders of the Invisible World," concerning the Salem Witch Trials, specifically draws attention to the Suffolk trial, and the Salem judge stated that although spectral evidence should be allowed in order to begin investigations, it should not be admitted as evidence to decide a case.