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... torture , unless , as often happens , she was tortured on the very day of her arrest . 15. In these trials nobody is allowed a lawyer or any means of fair defense , for witchcraft is reckoned an exceptional crime [ of such enormity that ...
... torture , unless , as often happens , she was tortured on the very day of her arrest . 15. In these trials nobody is allowed a lawyer or any means of fair defense , for witchcraft is reckoned an exceptional crime [ of such enormity that ...
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... tortured ; then they ad- mitted all kinds of crimes . Torture invari- ably produced confessions ; and the verba- tim court records of such trials as those of Father Dominic Gordel , Thomas Looten , Burgomaster Johannes Junius , Rebecca ...
... tortured ; then they ad- mitted all kinds of crimes . Torture invari- ably produced confessions ; and the verba- tim court records of such trials as those of Father Dominic Gordel , Thomas Looten , Burgomaster Johannes Junius , Rebecca ...
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Rossell Hope Robbins. Torture Steps of torture in witchcraft trials I. Preparatory Torture . To force a III . Additional Tortures for special of- confession to avoid the awful death by fire . ecution was specifically ordered in this Hat ...
Rossell Hope Robbins. Torture Steps of torture in witchcraft trials I. Preparatory Torture . To force a III . Additional Tortures for special of- confession to avoid the awful death by fire . ecution was specifically ordered in this Hat ...
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