I reckon it similarly...
A few years back, here in Northeast Massachusetts, there was a squabble that was essentially political, pitting folks to the east against folks to the west. It spun out of control, with too many people seeing how the squabble could benefit them. To manipulate the outcome, some parents got their little girls to go ape-s... I mean, go bananas, in public, accusing the political opponents of all kinds of "nasty"ness and "lyin". When it was all over, about 20 folks were hanged, and one crushed to death.
Not that it matters much now, but the folks in the west were the accused, and the folks in the east were the accusers. A map of the event and trial:
