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In the United States Oyer and Terminer was the name once given to courts of criminal jurisdiction in some states, including Delaware, [3] Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. New York had courts of Oyer and Terminer for much of the 19th century, but these courts were abolished by a change in the state constitution, effective in 1896. The New ...
When the Court of Oyer and Terminer convened at the end of May, the total number of people in custody was 62. [54] Cotton Mather wrote to one of the judges, John Richards, a member of his congregation, on May 31, 1692, [55] expressing his support of the prosecutions, but cautioning him:
Phips created a Special Court of Oyer and Terminer, to which Richards was appointed. [2] This court oversaw the conviction and execution of nineteen individuals in the infamous Salem witch trials. When the Superior Court of Judicature was formed as the province's high court, Richards was also appointed to it. [3]
De Longchamps was convicted by a jury of threatening bodily harm to De Marbois, and was further convicted of the actual assault. The Court of Oyer and Terminer was then asked to consider whether De Longchamps should be extradited to France, or whether he should be imprisoned in Pennsylvania until the French sovereign was satisfied.
Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall [note 1] c. 1639 – May 21, 1707 was a judge for the Court of Oyer and Terminer, a special court established in 1692 for the trial and sentence of people, mostly women, for the crime of witchcraft in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the Salem Witch Trials. He is most famous for his resignation from the court ...
Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery (1802-1910) Federal courts located in Pennsylvania United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (headquartered in Philadelphia , having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the United States Virgin Islands)
Corwin was also responsible for choosing the execution site in Salem for hanging the 19 innocent people.. On September 16, 1692, Corwin was ordered by the Court of Oyer and Terminer to preside over the interrogation under torture of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death for refusing to stand trial for witchcraft.
October 29: Phips prohibits further arrests, releases many of the accused from prison, and dissolves the Court of Oyer and Terminer. December 16: An act is passed for the establishment of a Superior Court of Assizes and General Gaole Delivery, to convene in January and prosecute the remaining people in custody.