In the Salem meeting house that serves as the general court, Danforth and Hathorne were judging Martha Corey. John Proctor Francis Nurse, and Giles Corey present their cases to Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne. Corey charged Putnam was inciting his daughter to accuse a townsman’s land. Corey witness to support the charge, but he refused to name him. Therefore, he was arrested for contempt of court. John told Danforth that Mary Warren never saw any spirits, and he presented a deposition signed by Mary that asserted this. Danforth told John that his wife is pregnant, she will live another year so that she may deliver. Later, Proctor submitted a deposition signed by 91 citizens attesting to the good opinion of the men’s wives. He ordered Mary to tell Danforth how the girls danced in the woods naked. He called Abigail a whore, the he admitted that he had an affair with Abigail. Danforth asked Elizabeth the true, but Elizabeth wanted to save Proctor’s name, so she said that Proctor never committed lechery. But in so doing destroyed the charge against Abigail.  Then Proctor was accused of being a witch. Abigail claimed she saw Mary’s spirit came out and tried to hurt her. Mary was afraid of Abigail; she turned her back to Abigail against Proctor. At last, Hale denounced the proceedings and quitted the court.