Storia do Mogor 318: THE TENTH ARTICLE.

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[134] That the defendant being in a certain place at a certain time in the company of certain persons, among other talk they mentioned the tribunal of the Inquisition. The defendant stated that there was none in his country. He added that the tribunal was very severe, and did not seem to act conformably to justice in its proceedings. It did not discover the names of the witnesses to the defendants. To this the said person replied that it would be very inconvenient to do so, as the defendants might tamper with the said witnesses.