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... crime , was con- victed of the murder of Rebecca Perigo in 1808 and hanged the following year . Her crimes , including murder , were all in- volved with fortunetelling , charmed emet- ics to produce abortion , tricks to procure husbands ...
... crime , was con- victed of the murder of Rebecca Perigo in 1808 and hanged the following year . Her crimes , including murder , were all in- volved with fortunetelling , charmed emet- ics to produce abortion , tricks to procure husbands ...
Page 460
... crime specified ] , so I , N.N. , judge at N.N. , under the jurisdic- tion of the Saxony electoral judges at Leip- zig , decree that you , on account of the [ crimes ] committed , should be sentenced by [ method of execution ] from life ...
... crime specified ] , so I , N.N. , judge at N.N. , under the jurisdic- tion of the Saxony electoral judges at Leip- zig , decree that you , on account of the [ crimes ] committed , should be sentenced by [ method of execution ] from life ...
Page 498
... crime of aiding the Devil - witchcraft - was not physical but spiritual , it could not be proved by the 498 ordinary rules of evidence followed in other crimes . Under Continental and Roman law , witchcraft was regarded as a crimen ex ...
... crime of aiding the Devil - witchcraft - was not physical but spiritual , it could not be proved by the 498 ordinary rules of evidence followed in other crimes . Under Continental and Roman law , witchcraft was regarded as a crimen ex ...
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