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Page 14
... ture . The procedure of a witch trial , a crimen exceptum , an " exceptional crime , " was therefore accurately summarized in 1580 by Jean Bodin , as observed at the beginning of this Introduction : Wherefore it is that one accused of ...
... ture . The procedure of a witch trial , a crimen exceptum , an " exceptional crime , " was therefore accurately summarized in 1580 by Jean Bodin , as observed at the beginning of this Introduction : Wherefore it is that one accused of ...
Page 456
... ture , but both were burned , Alison on De- cember 16 , 1596 . Another disgraceful episode was recorded in 1652 by the " English Commission for administration of justice , " which heard two fugitive witches from the Highlands relate how ...
... ture , but both were burned , Alison on De- cember 16 , 1596 . Another disgraceful episode was recorded in 1652 by the " English Commission for administration of justice , " which heard two fugitive witches from the Highlands relate how ...
Page 506
... ture could be repeated only if new indi- cations of guilt were produced . But the lawyers maintained that torture given more than once , without new evidence , was not repetition , but a continuation ; and the judge was to advise the ...
... ture could be repeated only if new indi- cations of guilt were produced . But the lawyers maintained that torture given more than once , without new evidence , was not repetition , but a continuation ; and the judge was to advise the ...
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