The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.Llorente, Juan Antonio
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The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.
Llorente, Juan Antonio
Inquisition -- Spain
12th. The gaoler shall be provided with a register, in which all the
effects in the chamber of the prisoner, with the clothes and food which
he receives from each detained person, shall be noted; he shall sign the
statement with the recorder of the sequestrations, and shall give notice
of it to the inquisitors; he shall not remit any food or clothing to the
prisoners without examining them with great attention, to ascertain if
they contain letters, arms, or anything of which they might make a bad
use.
13th. When the inquisitors think proper, they shall order the prisoner
to be brought into the chamber of audience; they shall cause him to sit
on a bench or small seat, and take an oath to speak the truth, at this
time, and on all succeeding audiences; they shall ask him his name, his
surname, his age, his country, the place where he dwells, his profession
and rank, and the time of his arrest; they shall treat him with
humanity, and respect his rank, but without derogating from the
authority of judges, that the accused may not infringe the respect due
to them, or commit any reprehensible act towards their persons. The
accused shall stand while the act of denunciation by the fiscal is read.
14th. The accused shall be afterwards examined on his genealogy. He
shall be asked if he is married: if more than once, what woman he
married: how many children he had by each marriage, their age, as well
as their rank and place of dwelling. The recorder shall write down these
details, paying attention to place each name at the beginning of a line,
because this practice is useful in consulting registers, to discover if
the accused is not descended from Jews, Moors, heretics, or other
individuals punished by the holy office.
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