Note 1871 — Chapter X · DECLINE OF THE TORTURE SYSTEM.
Reading edition
Mary Lafon, Histoire du Midi de la France, T. IV. pp. 325-355.—The theory of the defence was that the murdered man had committed suicide; but this is incompatible with the testimony, much of which is given at length by Mary Lafon, a writer who cannot be accused of any leanings against Protestantism.