“For the most part the prosecution brought forth witnesses whose best evidence was idle gossip, false accusations and was for the best part totally inconsistent, for the Pendle Witches however Jennet Device, another of Lizzie’s daughters, granddaughter to Old Demdike and Sister to Alison and James, testified to witnessing her families part in strange practices, whether she had been tortured into giving these confessions is unknown, but would not be un heard of, she was only nine years old at the time and years later confessed to making it all up..”

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