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... accused as a witch by a sixteen - year - old lad . A famous French magistrate regrets that , instead of burning young children accused of witchcraft , he had merely sentenced them to be flogged while they watched their parents burn as ...
... accused as a witch by a sixteen - year - old lad . A famous French magistrate regrets that , instead of burning young children accused of witchcraft , he had merely sentenced them to be flogged while they watched their parents burn as ...
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... accused died under torture , it was said the devil broke his neck . Even if the accused confessed without torture , never- theless he had to make his confession under torture ; it was assumed he might have confessed falsely just to ...
... accused died under torture , it was said the devil broke his neck . Even if the accused confessed without torture , never- theless he had to make his confession under torture ; it was assumed he might have confessed falsely just to ...
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... accused , the judge could accept this second testimony . 6. No witnesses were allowed to tes- tify on behalf of the accused ; nor was his previous good reputation as citizen or Christian taken into account . 7. The accused was permitted ...
... accused , the judge could accept this second testimony . 6. No witnesses were allowed to tes- tify on behalf of the accused ; nor was his previous good reputation as citizen or Christian taken into account . 7. The accused was permitted ...
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