Thomas Maule vocally opposed this event, writing a pamphlet accusing it of miscarriage of justice.
Thomas Maule vocally opposed this event, writing a pamphlet accusing it of miscarriage of justice. Because he refused to plead either guilty or innocent in this event, Giles Corey was executed by being crushed by large rocks on top of him. Cotton Mather supported the usage of "spectral evidence" to establish the guilt of people involved in this event, which he later defended in Wonders of the Invisible World. Twenty people were executed in this event because they allegedly tormented local people using supernatural means. For 10 points, name this mass hysteria of people performing "sorcery" in late seventeenth century Massachusetts, which was fictionalized by Arthur Miller in The Crucible.
Thomas Maule vocally opposed this event, writing a pamphlet accusing it of miscarriage of justice.
Salem witch trials [prompt on just witch trials]