No place or publisher, 1732. No binding, just sewn together. 20; 32; 68 p. 1st editions. Uncut. Outside and edges a bit worn. Some unimportant stains. The last pages have a hole, causing the loss of some letters. Advice issued at the request of the Court of Oosterdeel-Langewold in the Province of Groningen by lawyers Arnoldus Rotgers, A. Reichle, P. Alberthoma and G. Froon about the criminal proceedings concerning sodomy. All these lawyers sided with De Mepsche. Endless deliberations peppered with historical grievances dating back for centuries. The first of the three books is titled 'After the Honourable Court of Oosterdeel-Langewold had requested us undersigned, to assist the said Court in its own serious affairs concerning twenty-four Persons, who were taken into custody by the said Court for the abominable sin of Sodomy'. This long-winded title covers a summary of sodomitic acts of the 24 accused. Some random examples: 'Once on the jetty at the Luyck on the north-west side; that Ian had said, that it would have been on the north side, but it could not have happened there, because there was wood there at the time; a year and a half ago, reciprocal.' 'With Ouge van Garnwert twice, reciprocal'. ‘Gerrit Frerixs declared on 1 June 1731: that Sicke Arents ‘first persuaded him to do it, that he truly did not know about it before; that the Devil blinded his senses to such an extent that he could not fight against it.’ The second, 'Honourable Gentlemen, Squires, Courtiers (…), Owners and Proxies of the Sub-Quarters of (...) find themselves compelled'. Tedious legal details. The third, 'Detailed outline of the relations and legal obligations of the administration of the surrounding areas of the province of Groningen' dated June 30, 1732, after a historical sketch of the practice of law since 1594, about the accusation of bias because many of those accused of sodomy were landowners or their relatives of the opposing party in the provincial government.