May 12 in the Salem Witch Trials

On May 12, 1692:
* The Salem magistrates issued arrest warrants for Ann Pudeator and Alice Parker
* John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin questioned Abigail Hobbs, Ann Pudeator, Alice, Parker, and Mary Warren
* Mary Walcott was allegedly assaulted by the shape of Sarah Buckley
* Mercy Lewis and Ann Putnam, Jr. supposedly saw the specters of John Willard and Sarah Buckley assault Bray Wilkins, to keep his bladder stopped.On May 12, 1693:
* Connecticut’s General Court granted Mercy Disborough a reprieve.
* The Superior Court cleared the remaining witchcraft suspects and would release them from jail once they paid their jail fees.

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