What Is Mary Warren's Testimony In Court

=him the first man in Salem to be accused of witchcraft. Plausible explanation for John Procter himself to be accused, is his protest of his wife’s examination. Mary Warren’s affliction was undoubtedly one of the more intriguing in collation with the others. Her fits were so terrible that she was unable to properly give testimony in court. She had to be removed from the courtroom. Mary Warren actively accused the Procter’s of various bad deeds related to witchcraft. She was what one would call an established accuser. Unlike the other girls Mary was quite relentless and went through a significant amount of theatrics to make her testimony and accusations more believable. In a separate petition the inhabitants of Andover wrote, “that it is said was suggested to them, that confessing was the only way to obtain favour.” The root of Mary Warren’s affliction …show more content…
She joined the ranks of Ann Putnam Jr. and Abigail Williams. As Mary Warren gave her testimony in private the court reporter wrote, “Note that not one of the sufferers was afflicted during her examination after once she began to confess, tho they were tormented before.” In the case of Mary Warren, it is likely that even if doubts existed after her confession, she was encouraged that the doubts were not real. Mary Warren’s attempt to overturn her confession did no good as the authorities did not want to accept that they were wrong about the fraudulent claims against witchcraft, “They had not pursued Mary Warren’s doubts of the validity of her hallucinations, and since Mary had been