Salem 1692
During the summer, Rebecca Nurse, one of three sisters who were all identified as witches, was a member of a family that had a long-standing quarrel with the Putnam family.
Apart from the evidence of Putnam family members, the major piece of evidence against Nurse appeared to be testimony indicating that soon after Nurse lectured Benjamin Houlton for allowing his pig to root in her garden, Houlton died.
The Nurse jury returned a verdict of not guilty, but Justice Stoughton told them to go back and reconsider a statement that might be considered an admission of her guilt .The jury reconvened and returned with a verdict of guilty. On July 19, 1692, Nurse rode with four other convicted witches to Gallows Hill.