The Jury finds Amy Denny and Rose Cullender guilty on thirteen counts of witchcraft and Justice Matthew Hale sentences them to hang. The date of execution is set for March 17, 1662. Though they are urged to confess prior to their execution, both refuse. Hale was later revealed to be hesitant to acquit or pardon, lest he countenance a disbelief in witchcraft, and thus in Christianity.(59-60, 61-62)