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Filed under Cleverness in detection of truth.

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Feigned madness unmasked by threatening man's childCheater discovered by fishing in the street. Man arouses the curiosity of the rascal who has swindled his wifeDetection by disrobing in a dance. A man masking as a maiden has committed adultery with the queen. A clever girl by challenging him to disrobe in a dance exposes the impostureUrinalysis reveals coition as cure for illness. Treatment successfulDetection of guilt by smile. Buried money is stolen from blind man. Latter has boy watch and notify him when passerby smiles at him. The smiler is the thiefThief detected by his answer to question. "How would you treat a woman who came into your possession?" Answer: "I would use her and then give her to the servants." This reveals his true characterThief posing as corpse detected by pricking soles of his feetMagistrate detects thief's complicity by associating cut hand with companion's severed headMagistrate finds thieving innkeepers guilty of arson. Silver buckles are not melted by the fireTruth detected by spies listening to reactions of defendants at nightWashing test: defendants given basin of water. Guilty one wastes it uselesslyNinety-nine wise men and one fool ordered to pour milk into a tank all at one time: only the fool obeys
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Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnessesConfession obtained by a rusePseudo-scientific methods of detectingThief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caughtEaters of stolen food detectedDetection through aid of animalDetection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashesDetection through feigned dream

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