 It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party...  The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer - Stran 4avtor: Richard Burn - 1820Celotni ogled - O knjigi
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...English jurist known for his zealous prosecution of witches, expressed it, rape "is an accusation easy to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused tho' never so innocent." (Until the 1970s, some version of Hale's caution was routinely delivered to... | |
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