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Harry Bedlow went bankrupt due to one of these events despite Alexander Hamilton’s purported efforts to forge a letter by seamstress Lanah Sawyer. After Philadelphia’s yellow fever epidemic, Benjamin Rush and William Cobbett’s involvement in one of these events galvanized opposition to bloodletting as a practice. The first example of these events in Colonial America stemmed from the actions of a “stranger” named John (*) Billington. Governor William Cosby issued a formal “information” procedure to avoid one of these events that would have benefited (10[1])Lewis Morris and his satirical New York Weekly Journal. (10[1])Success in that one of these events cemented John Peter Zenger as a symbol (-5[1])of freedom of the press. (10[1])For 10 points, Increase Mather opposed using “spectral evidence” to prove (-5[1])devilish possession (10[1])over women during what sort of events in Salem? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: jury trials [accept libel trials, civil trials, murder trials, or seduction trials; accept court cases or court rulings; accept Salem Witch trials; prompt on execution by asking “following what type of event?”; prompt on sexual assault, rape by asking “what type of event followed that?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AMcGill A8210
Rayton LinWaterloo ClozeToronto Disband the Club 2k249110
Jared HeWaterloo AspidistraToronto B105-5
Stefan VladOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha11010
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AWaterloo Basic121-5
Halee CareyMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiCarleton A12310
Parth JagtapToronto BWaterloo Aspidistra13310
Caleb OttWaterloo BasicToronto Metropolitan A1330