William Stoughton

Cases

• Bridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trials
  Attorney

Timeline

Events across every case involving this person

1. January 1, 1692

   Nineteen more people hanged in Salem witch trials

   Bridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trials
2. January 1, 1692

   Giles Corey pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea

   Bridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trials
3. June 2, 1692

   Bishop examined and convicted by the Court of Oyer and Terminer in a single-day trial

   Bridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trials
4. June 2, 1692

   Chief Justice William Stoughton signs death warrant for Bridget Bishop

   Bridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trials
5. October 1, 1692

   Salem witch trials collapse as spectral evidence is discredited

   Bridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trials