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Mortal Enmity the only Disability 436 Secrecy of Confessional Disregarded 437 Suppression of Names of Witnesses 437 Evidence sometimes Withheld 439 Frequency of False-witness.—Its Penalty 440   CHAPTER XI.—The Defence. Opportunity of Defence Reduced to a Minimum 443 Denial of Counsel 444 Malice of Witnesses the only Defence 446 Prosecution of the Dead 448 Defence practically Impossible.—Appeals 449 Condemnation virtually Inevitable 453 Suspicion of Heresy.—Light, Vehement, and Violent 454 Purgation by Conjurators 455 Abjuration 457   CHAPTER XII.—The Sentence. Penance not Punishment 459 Grades of Penance 462 Miscellaneous Penances 463 Flagellation 464 Pilgrimages 465 Crusades to Palestine 466 Wearing Crosses 468 Fines and Commutations 471 Unfulfilled Penance 475 Abuses.—Bribery and Extortion 477 Destruction of Houses 481 Arbitrary Penalties 483 Imprisonment 484      Troubles about the Expenses 489      Treatment of Prisoners 491 Comparative Frequency of Different Penalties 494