Miscellaneous means of detecting.
The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness in detection of truth. · view the constellation · filed as J1149
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Feigned madness unmasked by threatening man's child Cheater discovered by fishing in the street. Man arouses the curiosity of the rascal who has swindled his wife Detection 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 imposture Urinalysis reveals coition as cure for illness. Treatment successful Detection 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 thief Thief 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 character Thief posing as corpse detected by pricking soles of his feet Magistrate detects thief's complicity by associating cut hand with companion's severed head Magistrate finds thieving innkeepers guilty of arson. Silver buckles are not melted by the fire Truth detected by spies listening to reactions of defendants at night Washing test: defendants given basin of water. Guilty one wastes it uselessly Ninety-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 witnesses Confession obtained by a ruse Pseudo-scientific methods of detecting Thief 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 caught Eaters of stolen food detected Detection through aid of animal Detection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashes Detection through feigned dream
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