Note 1747 — Chapter VIII · FINAL SHAPE OF THE TORTURE SYSTEM.
Reading edition
Boden de Usu et Abusu Torturæ Th. XII. Damhouder declares this practice to be unjustifiable, though not infrequent (Rer. Crimin. Praxis cap. xxxvii. No. 12).—Bonifazio de’ Vitaliani speaks of it as a common but evil custom.—De Quæstionibus, Rubr. Quæ indicia, § 7.