Precautions for Prosecutors (Cautio Criminalis)

Of the Doubts or questions

of this book.

WHETHER witches, hags, or sorcerers (original: Sagae, Striges, seu Malefici) Spee uses several Latin terms to cover the various legal definitions of those accused of magic: Sagae (female diviners), Striges (harmful spirits or witches), and Malefici (those who perform malevolent magic). truly / exist. page 1
2. Whether there are more witches or sorcerers in Germany / than elsewhere. 3
3. What sort of crime the crime of witches or sorcerers is. 7
4. Whether this crime belongs to the category of Excepted Crimes (original: Exceptorum) An "excepted crime" was a legal classification for deeds so hidden or heinous that the standard rules of evidence and protections for the accused were set aside.. 7
5. Whether it is lawful to conduct a trial for "Excepted Crimes" / according to one's own discretion. 9
6. Whether the Princes of Germany act rightly when / they proceed harshly against the crime of witches. 11
7. Whether this evil can be sufficiently uprooted by this harsh / means? And whether it can be done by any other method? 12
8. How cautiously Princes ought to proceed / in this crime. 15
9. Whether Princes sufficiently clear their conscience if, / being little concerned themselves, they cast all care / upon their officials. 24
10. Whether it is believable that God would permit / sometimes the innocent to be entangled at the same time. 39
11. Whether it is believable that it has actually been permitted that / the innocent also have been entangled. 44
12. Whether one ought to cease from the investigation against