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N275 Criminal confesses because he thinks himself accused
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- Criminal confesses because of misunderstood animal cries · N275.1 entry
- Criminal confesses because of misunderstanding of a dialect · N275.2 entry
- Detection by accidental remark. Wife misunderstands husband's remark and confesses · N275.3 entry
- Thief imagines that group of people in street are talking and laughing at him; he confesses · N275.4 entry
- Criminal in church mistakes words of service as accusation. (Cf. Type 1833.) · N275.5 entry
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- Thief persuaded detective can read thoughts: confesses. (Cf. N275.) · J1141.1.9 entry
- The guilty protests his innocence. Animals put to graze in man's garden. Owner greets everyone with: "I know about you!" No one pays any attention to him except the guilty one who says: "I did not do it." Confesses. (Cf. N275.) · J1141.9 entry