At first in the General Eyre and later under the commissions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, they would hear criminal cases. |
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Following the outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Salem, Phips appointed Stoughton chief justice of the newly formed court of oyer and terminer. |
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Their criminal commissions were the commission of the peace, the commission of oyer and terminer and the commission of gaol delivery. |
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Presentment of a felo de se before justices of peace, or oyer and terminer, traversable by the executor. |
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This income was supplemented through work on commissions of assize, goal deliveries, and oyer and terminer. |
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Later that month, Governor Phips prohibited any further jailing and dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer. |
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The best known trials were conducted by the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 in Salem Town. |
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