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J1162 Plea by admitting accusation and discomfiting accuser
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- Clever pleading · J1160 entry
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- Nurse's false plea admitted: child demanded. A nurse falsely demands pay for caring for a child which she says is the hero's. In court: "The child is indeed mine; give him to me." The child belongs to a peasant. Nurse confesses and is punished · J1162.1 entry
- Robbers' false plea admitted: counteraccusation. Robbers claim a man's knife. In court: "The knife may indeed be theirs. I and my father were attacked yesterday by robbers. I fled. On returning I found my father killed and this knife in his body." Robbers condemned · J1162.2 entry
- Own name inscribed on a stolen object as sign of property. [Inadvertant duplication of K448.] · J1162.3 entry
- Clever pleading: youth in court for calling king a fool, proves truth of statement because king allowed self to be duped by alchemist · J1162.4 entry