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- Ghost leaves evidence of his appearance. (Cf. E322.3.3.1, E542. 1ff.) E544
- Loathly deed performed as evidence of Christian virtue. H1573.1.2
- Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnesses. J1140.1
- Detection through ruse. Husbands ask suspected priest to talk to wives on tithing, and thus obtain sufficient evidence to convict him. J1141.11
- Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence. J1150
- Testing the evidence by experiment: biting the ear off. The accused pleads that the plaintiff bit his own ear off. The judge takes time for consideration, tries to bite his own ear, but falls down and breaks his head. J2376
- Letter believed against clear evidence. Fool believes letter apparently reporting his uncle's death, though he has just seen uncle. J2528
- False proof: cloak dipped into water used as evidence of stormy weather. K1894
- Bones of puppies as false evidence of wife's having eaten her new-born child. K2116.1.1.1.1
- Evidence of crime left so that dupe is blamed. K2155
- Cane as evidence of robbery. A man believing that he has killed a robber forgets his cane. Later finds it in robber's house. N614