The Salem Witchcraft trials begin: William Phips, Royal Governor of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, commissions the Court of Oyer (French for “to hear”) and Terminor (French for “to decide”), appointing Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton and six others as judges, to investigate, prosecute and punish the crime of witchcraft.
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Salem witch trials – Wikipedia
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