Download or read book Romantic Trials of Three Centuries (Classic Reprint) written by Hugh Childers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Romantic Trials of Three Centuries I have chosen the story of Elizabeth Canning for first mention. This case has been described by a great authority as one of the first to be treated on the now well - established lines of judicial care and impartiality: one in which neither time nor money was spared by the partisans on either side. So I begin with that case, but if it is placed in its proper chronological sequence, the twelve selected cases fall conveniently into four divisions. Those in the first deal with trials of the Restoration period, and strikingly illustrate the habits and Opinions in vogue at that time. First in importance of these stands the case of the Lowestoft witches (sometimes called the Suffolk witches which, if not quite the last of its kind, is, I think, the most striking because of the character of the presiding judge, Sir Matthew Hale, a fervent Christian, and also - most strange, having regard to the case - a savant. His conduct on the occasion can only be called deplorable, for he left the women to die, and wrote afterwards quite con tentedly and in a spirit of self-satisfaction on his action. The credulity of the time was, profound, and was encouraged rather than otherwise by the country clergy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.