Scott, Sir Walter’s references to trial by battle, 137, 138. Scott’s “Minstrelsy of Scottish Border”, 166. Scourge, recall known as, in Athens, 83. Scourging, with thorns, punishment, by, 302. Selden, gives origin of marriage-ring, 33. Selden, on trial by battle, 111. Selden, procedure of trial by battle by, 122, 124. Sennacherib, will of, 310. Shakespeare’s reference to trial by battle, 136, 137. Shakespeare’s reference to maiden-rent (note), 30. Shakespeare, mention of the gemmal ring, by (note), 35. Shakespeare, illustrations of _peine forte et dure_, by, 192, 193. Shakespeare’s reference to sanctuary, 269. Shakespeare’s will, 324. Shechem’s negotiation for Dinah, 31. Shells, used for votes on Athenian recall, 82. Shoe, custom of throwing, 35. Sisamnes, recall of (note), 78. Smock-marriages, 37, 42. Solomon, polygamy of, 15. Sorcery, law of, 45, 70. Spartans, marriages by capture, among (note), 13. Stafford, Humphrey, sanctuary claimed by, 262. St. Cunigundi, trial of, by ordeal, 159. Standing mute (See _peine forte et dure_), 172, 195. Standing mute, plea of not guilty, for, in 1827, 190. Stedinger, persecutions of, 51. Stocking-throwing, 34, 37. Stocks, punishment, by, 304. Stone’s case of clergy, 232. Stoning to death, punishment by, 279. Strangeways, case of Major, in 1657, 185. Strangling, punishment by, 279. Surgeons, under Hammurabi, 81. Sweden, trial by battle in, 111. Syracuse, the recall in, 86. T Tartars, marriages by (note), 13. Templars, persecutions of, 52. Testimony, value of, in time Henry II., 154. Teutberga, trial of, by ordeal, 161, 162. Themistocles, recall of, 83. Testament (See wills, quaint and curious), 307, 334. Thackeray’s references to trial by battle, 139. Theodosius, law against marriages by, 17. Thibet, polyandry in, 16. “Third Law”, wager by, in 14th century, 204. Thomas A’Becket, and benefit of clergy, 226. Treason, battle could be stopped during trial of, 116. Treason, benefit of clergy did not extend to, 228. Trent, Council of, requiring religious ceremony, 20. Trials in ancient Babylon, 79. Trial by battle, 109, 140. Trial by ordeal, 141, 170. Trial of witches, 60, 70. Tudor, Owen, claimed sanctuary, 260. U Unclergyable crimes, 233. Uncles and nieces, marriages between, 18. United States, clergy claimed in, 239, 241. United States, clergy abolished in, in 1790, 236. United States, cases of _peine forte et dure_, in, 187, 190. United States, abolished _peine forte et dure_, by act of Congress, in 1825, 191. United States, punishment by ducking, in, 303, 304. United States, law wager in, 219. Upton, trial by battle of, 130. _Usus_, marriage by, under Roman law, 16. V Varus, Quintilius’ observations on trial by battle, 110. Virgil, will of, 311.