Accusers were not wanting, and
she was arrested. In her trial all of this evidence was put in, and her
husband repeated his testimony at the Powell trial. The county court
heard it and passed the case to the General Court, from whence it was
returned.
The records abound in reports of the testimony. We will only quote the
evidence of Zachariah Davis, who said:--
"I having offended Goody Morse, my three calves fell a dancing and
roaring, and were in such a condition as I never saw a calf in before
... A calf ran a roaringe away soe that we gott him only with much adoe
and putt him in ye barne, and we heard him roar severell times in ye
night. In ye morning I went to ye barne, and there he was setting upon
his tail like a dog. I never see no calf set after that manner before;
and so he remained in these fits till he died."
The entry on the court record is as follows:--
"Boston, May ye 20, 1680:--The Grand Jury presenting Elizabeth, wife of
William Morse. She was indicted by name of Elizabeth Morse for that she
not having ye fear of God before her eyes, being instigated by the
Devil, and had familiarity with the Devil contrary to ye peace of our
sovereign lord, the King, his crown and dignity, the laws of God, and of
this jurisdiction.
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