“Was at Bro.  Morse his house on a Saturday.  A board flew against my
  chair.  I heard a noyes in another roome, which I suppose in all reason
  was diabolicall.”

John Dole testified:—­

  “I saw, sir, a large fire-stick of candle-wood, a stone, and a
  fire-brand to fall down.  These I saw nott whence they come till they
  fell by me.”

Elizabeth Titcomb testified:—­

  “Powell said that he could find out ye witch by his learning if he had
  another scholar with him.”

Joseph Myrick and Sarah Hale testified:—­

  “Joseph Morse, often said in our hearing that if there are any Wizards
  he was sure Caleb Powell was one.”

William Morse being asked what he had to say as to Powell being a wizard, testified:—­

“He come in, and seeing our spirit very low cause by our great affliction, he said, ’Poore old man, and poor old woman, I eye ye boy, who is ye occasion of all your greefe; and I draw neere ye with great compassion.’  Then sayd I, ‘Powell, how can ye boy do them things?’ Then sayd he, ‘This boy is a young rogue, a vile rogue!’ Powell, he also sayd, that he had understanding in Astrology and Astronomie, and knew the working of spirits.  Looking on ye boy, he said, ’You young rogue!’ And to me, Goodman Morse, if you be willing to lett me have ye boy I will undertake that you shall be freed from any trouble of this kind the while he is with me.”

Other evidence was received for the prosecution.  The defence put in by Powell was that “on Monday night last, till Friday after the noone, I had ye boy with me, and they had no trouble.”

Mary Tucker deposed:—­

  “Powell said he come to Morse’s and did not see fit to go in as the old
  man was att prayer.  He lookt in a window, and saw ye boy fling a shoe at
  the old man’s head while he prayed.”

The verdict now stands on the court record, and reads as follows:—­

“Upon hearing the complaint brought to this court against Caleb Powell for suspicion of working by the devill to the molesting of ye family of William Morse of Newbury, though this court cannot find any evident ground of proceeding farther against ye sayd Powell, yett we determine that he hath given such ground of suspicion of his so dealing that we cannot so acquit him but that he justly deserves to bare his own shame and the costs of prosecution of the complaint.”

The bad boy seems to have had a grudge against Powell, and, anxious to see that person punched, he resumed his pranks both at his grandfather’s and among the neighbors.

Strange things happened.  Joseph Bayley’s cows would stand still and not move.  Caleb Powell, having been discharged, no longer boasted of his learning.  Jonathan Haines’ oxen would not work.  A sheep belonging to Caleb Moody was mysteriously dyed.  Zachariah Davis’ calves all died, as did also a sheep belonging to Joshua Richardson.  Mrs. John Wells said that she saw the “imp of God in sayd Morse’s hous.”