How trials were conducted in the Crucible?

Question: How trials were conducted in the Crucible!?

In the book The Crucible , by Arthur Miller, How was evidence collected in court against people so that the trials were made unfair based on unreliable information!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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um!.!.!.that was the point, that there wasnt any reliable evidence
the "evidence" was the testimony of the "victims"
thats y so many innocent ppl got jailed and killed
because even tho it wasnt true, people would testify against them
because of grudges their family had against the othersWww@QuestionHome@Com

The play isn't that clear on this, but during the real Salem witch trials, the evidence was testimony from the accusers taken down in court inquests!. These inquests were public and, unlike the trial records, the inquest records survived!. They were Miller's ultimate source and most of what he presents as happening during the trials actually occurred during the inquests!. Www@QuestionHome@Com