Abigal Hobbs

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Charge:	Witchcraft
Sentence:	Death and Reprived by executive decree
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1692
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:	"Abigal Hobbs was wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials. Hobbs was exonerated on October 17, 1711 Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley signed a Reveral of Attainder that nullified the judgments against 22 of the defendants."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"Was exonerated on October 17, 1711 Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley signed a Reveral of Attainder that nullified the judgments against 22 of the defendants."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	14
Age When Released:	15
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Reversal of Attainder, October 17, 1711"
Information Location 1:	http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/archives/ecca/large/ecca2136r.jpg
Information Source 2:	"PETITIONS FOR COMPENSATION AND DECISION CONCERNING COMPENSATION, 1710 -1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)"
Information Location 2:	http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_PET.HTM
Information Source 3:	"Abigail Hobbs, Wikipedia.org (Last visited 7-15-2014)"
Information Location 3:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Hobbs
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Abigal Hobbs

Charge:

Witchcraft

Sentence:

Death and Reprived by executive decree

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1692

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:

"Abigal Hobbs was wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials. Hobbs was exonerated on October 17, 1711 Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley signed a Reveral of Attainder that nullified the judgments against 22 of the defendants."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Was exonerated on October 17, 1711 Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley signed a Reveral of Attainder that nullified the judgments against 22 of the defendants."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

14

Age When Released:

15

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Reversal of Attainder, October 17, 1711"

Information Location 1:

http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/archives/ecca/large/ecca2136r.jpg

Information Source 2:

"PETITIONS FOR COMPENSATION AND DECISION CONCERNING COMPENSATION, 1710 -1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)"

Information Location 2:

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

Information Source 3:

"Abigail Hobbs, Wikipedia.org (Last visited 7-15-2014)"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Hobbs

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