It ought here to be remarked, that this mode of conviction not only concludes the party has failed in his Expurgatory proof, but it is sufficient also to subject to the penalties and incapacities of the law the infant upon whose account the person has been so convicted.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke
It is difficult to speak of the whole system of Expurgatory oaths for past conduct without a shudder at the suffering and oppression they were not only capable of effecting but often did effect.
"Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State"
Stephen Field; George C. Gorham
The whole subject of Expurgatory oaths was discussed, and all that could be said on either side was fully and elaborately presented.
"Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State"
Stephen Field; George C. Gorham