In "The Devil and Daniel Webster," how was the trial rigged against Jabez Stone?

There are certainly a number of different elements you
could look to in the story to support this statement. The most important, though, is the
way that after Daniel Webster has cogently argued that Jabez Stone is constitutionally
entitled to a trial with a judge and a jury, the Devil selects a variety of pirates and
other n'er-do-wells to form the jury, and Judge Hawthorne, the infamous judge of the
Salem witch trials to judge the case. Note how they are
introduced:

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One and all, they came into the room with the
fires of hell still upon them, and the stranger named their names and their deeds as
they came, till the tale of twelve was told. Yet the stranger had told the truth--they
had all played a part in
America.

The way in which the
judge enters muttering "Hang them all!" in relation to the witch trials likewise strikes
"ice into the soul of Jabez Stone." To what extent can he expect to have a "fair" trial
with such a jury and with such an unyielding and definant judge, who is famed for
hanging so many innocents? Clearly, the notion of Jabez Stone receiving a "fair" trial
at this stage is clearly laughable.