Rebeccah Eames

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Charge:	Witchcraft
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Year Convicted:	1692
Year Cleared:	1711
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Essex
City of Crime:	Salem
Result:	Legislature Overturned Conviction
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 17, 1711 she was exonerated when her Bill of Attainder was reversed by the Massachusetts legislature."
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Compensation Awarded:	£10
Was Perpetrator Identified?
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Petitions For Compensation And Decision Concerning Compensation, 1710-1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_PET.HTM
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Rebeccah Eames

Charge:

Witchcraft

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1692

Year Cleared:

1711

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Essex

City of Crime:

Salem

Result:

Legislature Overturned Conviction

Summary of Case:

"Wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 17, 1711 she was exonerated when her Bill of Attainder was reversed by the Massachusetts legislature."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

£10

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Petitions For Compensation And Decision Concerning Compensation, 1710-1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_PET.HTM

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