And we see in the Banns of our Illustrious Lord Governor that he expressly declared this, when he wished to proceed with the torment of the vigil in cases in which he could not proceed legally; that of a certainty he would not do so. Nor would he indeed have done this, if he could have inflicted such tortures in the case of crimes which are not capital by common law, but are to be expiated with the death penalty by the rigour of the Banns.
Giacinto Arcangeli, Procurator of the Poor.
By the Most Illustrious and Most
Reverend Lord Governor in
Criminal Cases:
ROMAN MURDER-CASE
with qualifying circumstance.
For the Fisc.
Summary.
At Rome, in the type of the Reverend Apostolic Chamber,
1698.