CHAPTER X.--EVIDENCE.

Comparative Unimportance of Witnesses 430

Flimsiness of Evidence Admitted 431

The Crime Known as "Suspicion of Heresy" 433

Number of Witnesses.--No Restrictions as to Character or Age 434

Mortal Enmity the only Disability 436

Secrecy of Confessional Disregarded 437

Suppression of Names of Witnesses 437

Evidence sometimes Withheld 439

Frequency of False-witness.--Its Penalty 440