 The case against Newton is described as one of the most important examples of Irish witch trials, similar to witch trials in England, and the "most known of 17th-century witch trials in Ireland".Florence Newton was arrested and imprisoned 24 March 1661.She was put on trial 11 September 1661 at the Assizes held at Cork where she was accused of having "enchanted" Mary Longdon and employing sorcery to cause the death of David Jones.