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Witch trialFlorence Newton was arrested and imprisoned 24 March 1661. She was put on trial 11 September 1661 at the Assizes held at Cork where she was accused of having "enchanted" Mary Longdon and employing sorcery to cause the death of David Jones.[1] According to accounts of her trial, in Christmas of 1660, Newton was heard to mumble curses after she was denied a piece of beef at the house of John Pyne. Afterward, she met an employee of Pyne named Mary Longdon on the street and "violently" kissed her. Longdon then became sick, and experienced fits, cramps, and visions. Sorcery was suspected, and a coven of witches were claimed to exist in the area. Longdon claimed that Newton was responsible for her illness.[3][1][4] Newton was also accused of causing the death of David Jones by sorcery. At Newton's trial, the widow of Jones said that Newton had kissed the hand of Jones though the bars of a prison gate, and afterward, he had become sick and died after having screamed the name of Newton on his death bed.[1] According to St John Seymour, Newton was accused of two counts of witchcraft, and court documents are missing so the verdict is not confirmed, however, "if found guilty (and we can have little doubt but that she was) she would have been sentenced to death in pursuance of the Elizabethan Statute, Section 1."[3] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 St. John Drelincourt Seymour Irish Witchcraft and Demonology 2. ^William E. Burns:Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia 3. ^1 St. John D. Seymour. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6RzCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA71 Irish Witchcraft and Demonology]. Floating Press; 1 May 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-77653-639-9}}. p. 71–. 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=rQcMAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA181 Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society]. The Society; 1903. p. 1–. Further reading
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