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... Witnesses disallowed in other offenses were encouraged to inform against here- tics : convicted perjurers , persons without civil rights , children of tender years , and excommunicates ( including condemned heretics ) . If a hostile witness ...
... Witnesses disallowed in other offenses were encouraged to inform against here- tics : convicted perjurers , persons without civil rights , children of tender years , and excommunicates ( including condemned heretics ) . If a hostile witness ...
Page 553
... witnesses , as in the trial of Cicely Celles at St. Osyth in 1582. Even the dead were not exempt from public display . Eighty - year - old Alice Sam- uel was hanged as a witch on the evidence of five hysterical children [ see Warboys ...
... witnesses , as in the trial of Cicely Celles at St. Osyth in 1582. Even the dead were not exempt from public display . Eighty - year - old Alice Sam- uel was hanged as a witch on the evidence of five hysterical children [ see Warboys ...
Page 554
... witnesses , the judge was not bound to comply ; but if the witnesses stated their readiness to repeat their evidence before the prisoner , the judge might permit their ap- pearance . In rare cases , the judge might appoint a defense ...
... witnesses , the judge was not bound to comply ; but if the witnesses stated their readiness to repeat their evidence before the prisoner , the judge might permit their ap- pearance . In rare cases , the judge might appoint a defense ...
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