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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. Dan Barrett - Wikipedia

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    This fixation on death followed a one-year period wherein Barrett contemplated, and had attempted, suicide. [1] [12] During the early stages of the Giles Corey project, he placed self-imposed restrictions on which instruments would be featured. However, as the debut album, the self-titled Giles Corey (2011), evolved, these constraints faded.

  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. George Corwin - Wikipedia

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    George Corwin supervised 81 year old Giles Corey's death by torture, September 19, 1692, for refusing to enter a plea. With no plea entered, Corey technically remained innocent, and his property could not be legally seized, but Corwin still attempted to extort money from Corey's heirs: In 1710, Corey's daughter Elizabeth and her husband filed a ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Timeline of the Salem witch trials - Wikipedia

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    September 19: Giles Corey is pressed to death for refusing to agree to be tried "before God and the Country" (i.e., a jury). September 21: Several ministers successfully petition the Court to postpone Dorcas Hoar's execution to give her time to repent.

  9. File:Giles Corey restored.jpg - Wikipedia

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