One particular occurrence that condemned Giles Corey during the hearings was when during his examination when he admitted he had told his wife he would not go to Boston with her. Corey insisted this was because he had no money, but the marshal claimed Corey had said he would not go because “[he] should come [him]self the next week” , thus allegedly predicting his own trial. Also during Corey’s trial, Samuel Parris recorded that when Corey “held his Head on one Side…then the heads of several of the afflicted were held on one side. He drew in his cheeks and the cheeks of some of the afflicted were suckt in.” Mimicry, according to the Puritans, was a sign of affliction from witchcraft. This is what led to Corey being sent to
One particular occurrence that condemned Giles Corey during the hearings was when during his examination when he admitted he had told his wife he would not go to Boston with her. Corey insisted this was because he had no money, but the marshal claimed Corey had said he would not go because “[he] should come [him]self the next week” , thus allegedly predicting his own trial. Also during Corey’s trial, Samuel Parris recorded that when Corey “held his Head on one Side…then the heads of several of the afflicted were held on one side. He drew in his cheeks and the cheeks of some of the afflicted were suckt in.” Mimicry, according to the Puritans, was a sign of affliction from witchcraft. This is what led to Corey being sent to