- Title
- Warrant for jurors for the Court of Oyer and Terminer
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- Creator
- ["Massachusetts. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Essex County)"]
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- Date
- 31 August 1692
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- Description
- Warrant for jurors for the Court of Oyer and Terminer addressed to the sheriff of Essex County from Lt. Governor Wiliam Stoughton. Hand #1 unidentified; hand #2 Stephen Sewall (Rosenthal 532).
Annotation text from the Salem Witch Trials: Restoring Justice exhibition:
This warrant from the chief justice of the court William Stoughton directed the sheriff of Essex County to round up “forty good and lawful men.” He was looking for jurors for the next round of trials in Salem anticipated in September. Each man needed to be a “freeman” or voting citizen in order to serve. The trial jury comprised twelve of the 40 men. The jurors came from towns across Essex County including Beverly, Ipswich, Rowley, Topsfield, and Wenham. Women were not permitted to serve on juries in Massachusetts until 1950 and the first female jurors served in 1951.
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- Is Part Of
- ["Massachusetts Court of Oyer and Terminer records (DEP 01)"]
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- Format
- ["judicial records","legal instruments"]
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Warrant for jurors for the Court of Oyer and Terminer
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