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A50746
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Pleadings in some remarkable cases before the Supreme Courts of Scotland since the year 1661 to which the decisions are subjoyn'd.
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Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691.
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1673
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Wing M192; ESTC R27547
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sufficient_a to_o infer_v the_o crime_n of_o witchcraft_n but_o only_o to_o load_v the_o person_n accuse_v with_o a_o severe_a presumption_n or_o to_o infer_v a_o arbitrary_a punishment_n and_o in_o the_o process_n against_o katherine_n oswald_n the_o 11._o of_o november_n 1629._o those_o threaten_n though_o the_o effect_n follow_v be_v not_o find_v sufficient_a to_o infer_v witchcraft_n but_o only_o to_o be_v punishable_a tanquam_fw-la crimen_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v as_o a_o unallowable_a and_o scandalous_a kind_n of_o rail_v the_o second_o defence_n against_o this_o article_n be_v that_o it_o be_v not_o relevant_a to_o lybel_n that_o the_o malefice_fw-la be_v occasion_v by_o my_o client_n except_o it_o be_v condescend_v by_o what_o mean_v it_o be_v occasion_v for_o in_o law_n when_o i_o be_o say_v to_o have_v produce_v any_o effect_n there_o must_v be_v a_o necessary_a contingency_n show_v betwixt_o what_o i_o do_v and_o what_o follow_v for_o else_o the_o very_a look_v upon_o she_o may_v have_v be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v a_o cause_n and_o when_o si_fw-mi kness_n be_v allege_v to_o have_v be_v occasion_v by_o witch_n the_o ordinar_n sign_n give_v be_v that_o the_o disease_n be_v in_o itself_o such_o as_o can_v be_v occasion_v by_o nature_n as_o the_o vomit_v up_o of_o nail_n glass_n and_o other_o extraordinar_a thing_n that_o the_o person_n maleficiat_fw-la do_v go_v in_o a_o instant_n from_o one_o extremity_n to_o another_o as_o from_o be_v extreme_o weak_a to_o be_v immediate_o extreme_o strong_a or_o use_v extraordinar_a motion_n which_o can_v be_v occasion_v by_o nature_n as_o d._n autumn_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o witchcraft_n do_v most_o learned_o observe_v but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o neither_o of_o those_o can_v be_v observe_v here_o for_o distraction_n be_v a_o very_a natural_a disease_n and_o have_v ofttimes_o fall_v upon_o a_o man_n in_o a_o instant_n especial_o upon_o a_o excess_n of_o fear_n and_o who_o know_v but_o this_o woman_n who_o by_o her_o sex_n and_o humour_n be_v know_v to_o be_v very_o fearful_a may_v have_v be_v so_o surprise_v at_o my_o client_n come_v into_o she_o after_o the_o threaten_a that_o this_o excess_n of_o fear_n may_v have_v throw_v she_o into_o that_o distraction_n under_o which_o she_o now_o labour_n and_o yet_o my_o client_n may_v have_v have_v no_o influence_n upon_o she_o as_o the_o cause_n but_o as_o the_o occasion_n only_o of_o this_o her_o distemper_n all_o conclusion_n in_o criminal_a case_n shall_v be_v very_o clear_o infer_v since_o the_o crime_n be_v so_o improbable_a and_o the_o conclusion_n so_o severe_a and_o therefore_o lawyer_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o if_o the_o inference_n be_v not_o demonstrative_a and_o undeniable_a conclusio_fw-la semper_fw-la debet_fw-la sequi_fw-la debiliorem_fw-la partem_fw-la that_o which_o but_o may_v be_v may_v not_o be_v and_o lawyer_n do_v constant_o conclude_v that_o we_o must_v only_o conclude_v that_o â—n_a crime_n to_o have_v be_v do_v which_o can_v not_o but_o have_v be_v do_v and_o who_o can_v say_v that_o necessary_o this_o be_v do_v by_o she_o here_o which_o can_v not_o but_o occasion_n this_o distaction_n and_o therefore_o perkins_n cap._n 6._o do_v assert_v that_o no_o malefice_fw-la can_v be_v a_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o condemn_v a_o witch_n except_o she_o either_o confess_v oâ—_n that_o it_o be_v prove_v by_o two_o famous_a witness_n that_o she_o use_v mean_n that_o may_v have_v produce_v that_o effect_n and_o though_o where_o charm_n and_o other_o mean_n express_o discharge_v be_v use_v these_o unlawful_a mean_n be_v by_o the_o judge_n repute_n as_o if_o these_o mean_n may_v have_v be_v effectual_a in_o odium_fw-la illiciti_fw-la and_o that_o the_o user_n have_v only_o themselves_o to_o blame_v in_o that_o case_n who_o will_v use_v these_o charm_n spell_n and_o incantation_n of_o which_o the_o law_n be_v jealous_a yet_o where_o none_o of_o these_o be_v use_v but_o a_o simple_a whisper_n the_o effect_n in_o that_o case_n can_v be_v say_v to_o have_v flow_v from_o it_o nor_o do_v any_o severe_a presumption_n lie_v against_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v ordinar_n and_o bodin_n lib._n 4._o conclude_v that_o in_o capitali_fw-la judicio_fw-la ex_fw-la praesumpti_fw-la onibus_fw-la veneficas_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la condemnandasâ—_n ut_fw-la si_fw-la sagae_fw-la deprehendantur_fw-la egredientes_fw-la ex_fw-la ovili_fw-la cum_fw-la ossibus_fw-la bufonibus_fw-la vel_fw-la aliis_fw-la instrumentis_fw-la magicis_fw-la instructae_fw-la licet_fw-la oves_fw-la statim_fw-la moriantur_fw-la all_o conclusion_n must_v be_v necessary_a or_o presumptive_a but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o this_o conclusion_n be_v not_o necessary_a since_o all_o these_o remedy_n may_v have_v be_v use_v and_o yet_o the_o user_n may_v have_v be_v innocent_a for_o a_o necessary_a conclusion_n be_v à _fw-la qua_fw-la veritas_fw-la abesse_fw-la non_fw-la pâ—test_fw-la and_o if_o this_o inference_n be_v only_o presumptive_a it_o be_v as_o
at_o this_o discourse_n which_o will_v force_v they_o to_o believe_v that_o she_o be_v dead_a and_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o any_o country-clown_n may_v refute_v it_o by_o present_v the_o woman_n as_o one_o refute_v a_o wise_a philosopher_n who_o maintain_v that_o there_o be_v no_o motion_n without_o any_o other_o argument_n then_o by_o walk_v up_o and_o down_o the_o question_n then_o be_v whether_o the_o condition_n si_fw-la sine_fw-la liberis_fw-la decesserit_fw-la be_v purify_v by_o a_o civil_a death_n and_o if_o immediate_o after_o she_o be_v burn_v in_o effigy_n she_o can_v be_v say_v sine_fw-la liberis_fw-la decessisse_fw-la so_o that_o the_o person_n substitute_n may_v immediate_o succeed_v and_o exclude_v any_o child_n she_o shall_v thereafter_o bear_v or_o if_o the_o substitute_n must_v attend_v her_o natural_a death_n that_o the_o substitute_n can_v succeed_v immediate_o after_o her_o be_v burn_v but_o that_o any_o future_a child_n will_v seclude_v he_o so_o that_o a_o natural_a only_o and_o not_o a_o civil_a death_n purify_v the_o condition_n be_v contend_v by_o these_o reason_n first_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o this_o condition_n si_fw-la sine_fw-la liberis_fw-la decesserit_fw-la respect_v natural_a or_o civil_a death_n we_o must_v interpret_v the_o word_n death_n so_o as_o that_o we_o follow_v the_o more_o genuine_a and_o natural_a signification_n and_o i_o be_o sure_a the_o ordinary_a and_o genuine_a interpretation_n of_o death_n be_v a_o natural_a and_o not_o a_o civil_a death_n 2._o if_o we_o look_v to_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o disponer_n which_o be_v the_o next_o rule_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o interpretation_n of_o dubious_a and_o equivocal_a word_n we_o will_v find_v that_o it_o be_v hardly_o imaginable_a that_o the_o disponer_n dream_v of_o a_o civil_a death_n and_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o any_o man_n especial_o who_o be_v not_o a_o lawyer_n will_v never_o have_v figure_v a_o civil_a death_n nor_o be_v it_o deny_v for_o fictio_fw-la be_v mens_fw-la legis_fw-la non_fw-la disponentis_fw-la but_o how_o unsuitable_a be_v it_o to_o natural_a equity_n and_o the_o principle_n of_o law_n that_o the_o will_n of_o the_o disponer_n shall_v not_o regulat_fw-la what_o be_v dispon_v or_o why_o shall_v the_o law_n dispose_v upon_o what_o it_o do_v not_o bestow_v 3._o word_n be_v to_o be_v explain_v in_o a_o disponer_n will_v as_o the_o disponer_n will_v probable_o have_v explain_v they_o himself_o if_o the_o meaning_n have_v be_v controvert_v at_o the_o time_n of_o make_v the_o disposition_n but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o if_o it_o have_v be_v propose_v to_o the_o disponer_n whether_o the_o child_n of_o the_o woman_n institute_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o in_o case_n their_o mother_n shall_v commit_v a_o crime_n it_o be_v probable_a that_o he_o will_v not_o have_v punish_v poor_a infant_n for_o a_o guilt_n to_o which_o they_o be_v not_o accessary_a and_o the_o law_n be_v never_o more_o generous_a then_o when_o it_o say_v non_fw-la competere_fw-la beneficium_fw-la inofficiosi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la posthumis_a cum_fw-la exhaeredationis_fw-la causam_fw-la comittere_fw-la nequeant_fw-la nec_fw-la debent_fw-la alieno_fw-la odio_fw-la praegravari_fw-la l._n 33._o §_o 1._o c._n the_o inoff_n test_n nor_o be_v it_o imaginable_a that_o the_o testator_n will_v have_v take_v from_o they_o what_o he_o design_v because_o they_o sell_v without_o their_o own_o guilt_n in_o a_o condition_n which_o make_v that_o which_o be_v but_o liberality_n to_o become_v charity_n and_o since_o he_o design_v this_o for_o their_o mother_n and_o they_o to_o supply_v their_o want_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a he_o will_v have_v take_v it_o from_o they_o when_o their_o want_n be_v great_a the_o child_n will_v likewise_o still_o continue_v to_o be_v near_o to_o the_o disponer_n than_o the_o substitute_n nam_n jur_v a_o sanguinis_fw-la nullo_n jure_fw-la civili_fw-la adimi_fw-la possunt_fw-la and_o since_o the_o blood-relation_n give_v at_o first_o the_o rise_n to_o that_o nomination_n it_o be_v probable_a that_o the_o effect_n will_v not_o be_v take_v away_o whilst_o the_o cause_n continue_v 4._o if_o she_o can_v have_v child_n after_o her_o be_v burn_v in_o effigy_n she_o can_v be_v say_v decessisse_fw-la sine_fw-la liberis_fw-la upon_o her_o be_v burn_v in_o effigy_n but_o i_o subsume_v that_o she_o may_v have_v child_n and_o such_o too_o as_o the_o law_n will_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v child_n for_o by_o the_o 22._o nou._n cap._n 8._o marriage_n be_v declare_v still_o to_o subsist_v notwithstanding_o of_o any_o interveen_a criminal_a sentence_n for_o though_o by_o the_o old_a law_n condemn_a person_n pro_fw-la nullis_fw-la habebantur_fw-la and_o so_o the_o marriage_n be_v dissolve_v yet_o by_o that_o excellent_a constitution_n this_o be_v abrogat_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la decreto_fw-la judiciali_fw-la in_fw-la metallum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la aut_fw-la vir_fw-la aut_fw-la mulier_fw-la dari_fw-la jussus_fw-la esset_fw-la servitus_fw-la quidem_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la legislatoribus_fw-la sancita_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la supplicio_fw-la illata_fw-la separabatur_fw-la vero_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la supplicio_fw-la possidente_fw-la damnatum_fw-la sibique_fw-la servientem_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la remittimus_fw-la &_o nullum_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la bene_fw-la natorum_fw-la ex_fw-la supplicio_fw-la permittimus_fw-la fieri_fw-la servum_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la mutamus_fw-la nos_fw-la formam_fw-la liberam_fw-la in_o servilem_fw-la statum_fw-la maneat_fw-la igitur_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la hoc_fw-la nihil_fw-la tali_fw-la decreto_fw-la laesum_fw-la since_o than_o her_o husband_n continue_v to_o be_v so_o still_o and_o that_o the_o law_n will_v acknowledge_v the_o child_n to_o be_v she_o will_v not_o the_o law_n contradict_v itself_o if_o it_o shall_v say_v that_o she_o die_v without_o child_n and_o yet_o shall_v acknowledge_v that_o these_o be_v her_o child_n 5._o post-humus_a pro_fw-la jam_fw-la nato_fw-la habetur_fw-la ubi_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la commodo_fw-la agitur_fw-la and_o therefore_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n of_o justice_n and_o equity_n the_o law_n shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o presume_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o child_n bear_v after_o the_o mother_n be_v condemn_v that_o if_o she_o shall_v bear_v any_o it_o shall_v rather_o presume_v they_o to_o be_v already_o bear_v to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v not_o be_v prejudge_v of_o the_o succession_n which_o will_v be_v otherwise_o due_a to_o they_o and_o if_o posthumus_fw-la habetur_fw-la pro_fw-la jam_fw-la nato_fw-la ubi_fw-la agitur_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la commodo_fw-la much_o more_o shall_v he_o be_v presume_v natus_fw-la ubi_fw-la agitur_fw-la de_fw-la damno_fw-la vitando_fw-la for_o we_o be_v much_o more_o favourable_a in_o damno_fw-la vitando_fw-la quam_fw-la lucro_fw-la captando_fw-la 6._o by_o the_o roman_a law_n auth_v bona_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr bon_fw-fr prescript_n the_o good_n of_o condemn_a person_n be_v not_o confiscate_v in_o prejudice_n of_o the_o ascendant_n or_o descendants_n to_o the_o three_o degree_n except_o only_o in_o the_o case_n of_o lese-majestie_n if_o then_o the_o crime_n be_v not_o able_a to_o seclude_v child_n it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o child_n quo_fw-la ad_fw-la their_o succession_n be_v in_o the_o same_o case_n as_o if_o the_o crime_n have_v not_o be_v commit_v and_o if_o the_o mother_n have_v commit_v no_o crime_n here_o there_o have_v be_v no_o place_n either_o for_o the_o substitute_n or_o for_o this_o question_n it_o be_v just_a that_o delict_n a_o sâ—â—s_n debent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d authores_fw-la and_o that_o since_o punishment_n be_v only_o justify_v by_o the_o precede_a guilt_n that_o the_o punishment_n shall_v not_o exceed_v the_o guilt_n and_o that_o the_o right_n design_v for_o the_o child_n by_o the_o first_o disponer_n shall_v not_o be_v take_v away_o from_o they_o by_o the_o mother_n fault_n this_o be_v also_o to_o add_v affliction_n to_o the_o afflict_a to_o make_v poor_a infant_n lose_v with_o their_o mother_n their_o patrimony_n and_o to_o impoverish_v they_o most_o at_o a_o occasion_n when_o to_o give_v they_o be_v charity_n i_o confess_v that_o law_n sometime_o do_v recede_v from_o nature_n and_o invent_v pretty_a fiction_n as_o in_o the_o case_n propose_v of_o jus_o postliminij_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la and_o legis_fw-la corneliae_fw-la but_o it_o do_v so_o very_o spare_o nor_o be_v these_o fiction_n ever_o allow_v except_o where_o they_o be_v introduce_v by_o a_o express_a law_n for_o the_o law_n think_v it_o not_o reasonable_a to_o allow_v every_o judge_n or_o lawyer_n a_o liberty_n to_o coin_v his_o own_o caprice_n into_o a_o fiction_n lest_o so_o unreasonable_a fiction_n may_v be_v introduce_v and_o lest_o the_o people_n may_v be_v ignorant_a of_o what_o they_o be_v to_o follow_v since_o then_o the_o pursuer_fw-mi find_v his_o strong_a argument_n upon_o this_o as_o a_o privilege_a fiction_n he_o must_v instruct_v that_o this_o fiction_n be_v found_v upon_o express_a law_n and_o even_o in_o these_o fiction_n law_n neyer_n invert_v nature_n but_o rather_o second_v it_o and_o it_o make_v not_o nature_n bow_v