Giles Corey
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Giles Corey was an English-born farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. After being arrested, Corey re
The pressing of Giles Corey
Memorial marker in Salem, Massachusetts
"Father Father", illustration accompanying Giles Cory, Yeoman, a play by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume LXXXVI, 1893
Crushing (execution)
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Death by crushing or pressing is a method of execution that has a history during which the techniques used varied greatly from place to place, generally involving placing heavy weights upon a person w
Louis Rousselet described this Central Indian execution in Le Tour du Monde in 1868.
