Elizabeth Bassett Procter

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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:	"Elizabeth Bassett Procter was the wife of John Proctor, and both were wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials. Elizabeth and John were both sentenced to death. John was executed by hanging on August 19, 1692, but Elizabeth was pregnant and given a reprive until she gave birth, which came after the trials ended. Her sentence was then commutted, and she was exonerated in 1711."
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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:	£150 (total for husband and wife)
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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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Elizabeth Bassett Procter

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:

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:

£150 (total for husband and wife)

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)"

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

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