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  2. Giles Corey - Wikipedia

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    Giles Corey (bapt. Tooltip baptized 16 August 1611 – 19 September 1692) was an English-born farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials in the Province of Massachusetts Bay .

  3. Crushing (execution) - Wikipedia

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    The only death by peine forte et dure in American history was that of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death on September 19, 1692, during the Salem witch trials, after he refused to enter a plea in the judicial proceeding. According to legend, his last words as he was being crushed were "More weight", and he was thought to be dead as the weight ...

  4. Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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    Five other women were convicted in 1692, but the death sentence was never carried out: Mary Bradbury (in absentia), Ann Foster (who later died in prison), Mary Lacey Sr. (Foster's daughter), Dorcas Hoar and Abigail Hobbs. Giles Corey was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s in an unsuccessful attempt to force him to enter ...

  5. The Crucible - Wikipedia

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    Giles Corey was tortured to death by pressing as the court tried in vain to extract a plea; though by holding out, Giles ensured that his sons would receive his land and possessions. The village has become dysfunctional with so many people in prison or dead, and with the arrival of news of rebellion against the courts in nearby Andover ...

  6. 51 Spooky Graveyards Across the Country - AOL

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    More than 23,000 soldiers died over the course of a dozen hours on Sept. 17, 1862. ... when Giles Corey was tortured to death in a Howard Street field. He cursed the town before gasping for his ...

  7. Peine forte et dure - Wikipedia

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    Giles Corey was pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials in the 1690s.. The most infamous case in England was that of Roman Catholic martyr St. Margaret Clitherow, who (in order to avoid a trial in which her own children would be obliged to give evidence and could be tortured) was pressed to death on 25 March 1586, after refusing to plead to the charge of having harboured Catholic ...

  8. Christopher Gregor left 6-year-old son Corey Micciolo in his ...

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    Christopher Gregor had been in and out of the treatment room on April 2, 2021, as medical personnel were working on his son, Corey Micciolo, emergency room nurse Lindsay Carnevale testified at ...

  9. ‘Treadmill killer dad’ accused of trying to coach mom’s ...

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    Christopher Gregor, 31, is on trial for the murder of his six-year-old son Corey Micciolo and is accused of making youngster run on treadmill at high speed soon before his death