 | 1790 - 694 pagini
...the judges, a majority of whom may order it for an offence which is not capital, nor even punimablc by corporal penalties. Thus it is not uncommon, in...are divided among the judges, to torture women of loofc conduct, for the purpofc of compelling them to confefs with whom they have been connected ; for... | |
 | William Coxe - 1801 - 492 pagini
...majority of whom may order it for an offence which by the ftatutes is not capital, nor even punimable by corporal penalties. Thus it is not uncommon, in...them to confefs with whom they have been connected ,j for as fuch offences * are punifhable « * In many of the communities inconti-") Hence between married... | |
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... by corporal penalties. Thus it is not uncommon, in thofe communities where fines are divided among the judges, to torture women of loofe conduct, for the purpofe of compelling them to confefs with whom they have been connected ; for as fuch offences... 