[1676] Zangeri Præfat. No. 31.
[1677] Scialojæ op. cit. cap. i. No. 27.
[1678] Statuta Criminalia Communis Bononiæ (Bononiæ, 1525, fol. 15 a).
[1679] Goetzii Dissert. de Tortura, pp. 52-3.
[1680] Zangeri Tract. Not. ad p. 903.
[1681] Grillandi de Quæst. et Tortura Q. vii.
[1682] Scialojæ op. cit. cap. i. No. 34.—Goetzii Dissert. de Tortura, p. 53.—Grillandi, loc. cit.—Bernhard (Diss. Inaug. de Tort. cap. I. § iv.) states that in these cases not only the principals but even the witnesses could be tortured if suspected of concealing the truth.
[1683] Grillandi de Quæst. et Tortura, Q. V. § 6.
[1684] Baldi de Periglis de Quæstionibus cap. iii. § 2.—Damhoud. cap. xxxviii. No. 13.—Alberti de Gandino de Quæstionibus § 31.
[1685] Zangeri Præfat. No. 32.—Tortura enim datur non ad liquidandum factum sed personam.—Damhouder. Rer. Crimin. Prax. cap. xxxv. No. 7.