... also. Many people began to confess of being possessed by witchcraft and were put in jail, which eventually lead to the jails be at maximum capacity. Sarah Goods four year old daughter was the first child to be convicted of witchcraft and was put in jail for eight months. Governor Phillips returned from England and shortly after created a new court where ... the witch trials would take place. In this court the judges allowed what was called the "touch test" and examinations of the bodies to look for "witch marks". In this new courts such evidence would be excluded such as hearsay and gos...

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