Wefindinthe\"Lotus\"ofSeptember，1887，thefollowing：AFrenchpaper，theParis，forAugust12th，containsalongandexcellentarticlebyG。Montorgueil，entitled，TheAccursedSciences，fromwhichweextractthefollowingpassage，sinceweare，unfortunately，unabletoquotethewhole：\"Somemonthsago，already，inIforgetwhatcase，thequestionof’suggestion’wasraisedandtakenaccountofbythejudges。Weshallcertainlyseepeopleinthedockaccusedofoccultmalpractices。Buthowwilltheprosecutiongotowork？Whatargumentswillitbringtobear？
Thecrimeby’suggestion’istheidealofacrimewithoutproof。Insuchacasethegravestchargeswillneverbemorethanpresumptions，andfugitivepresumptions。Onwhatfragilescaffoldingofsuspicionswillthechargerest？Noexamination，butamoralone，willbepossible。WeshallhavetoresignourselvestohearingtheSolicitor—generalsaytotheaccused：
’Accused，itappearsfromaperquisitionmadeintoyourbrain，etc。’\"Ah，thepoorjurymen！itistheywhoaretobepitied。Takingtheirtasktoheart，theyalreadyhavethegreatestdifficultyinseparatingthetruefromthefalse，eveninroughandreadycases，thefactsofwhichareobvious，allthedetailsofwhicharetangibleandtheresponsibilitiesclear。Andwearegoingtoaskthemontheirsoulandconsciencetodecidequestionsofblackmagic！Verilytheirreasonwillnotholdoutthroughthefortnight；itwillgivewaybeforethatandsinkintothaumaturgy。\"Wemovefast。Thestrangetrialsforsorcerywillblossomanew；somnambuleswhoweremerelygrotesquewillappearinatragiclight；
thecoffeegrounds，whichsofaronlyriskedthepolicecourt，willheartheirsentenceattheassizes。Theevileyewillfigureamongcriminaloffences。TheselastyearsoftheXIXthcenturywillhaveseenusstepfromprogresstoprogress，tillwereachatlastthisjudicialenormity：
asecondLaubardemontprosecutinganotherUrbainGrandier。\"Serious，scientific，andpoliticalpapersarefullofearnestdiscussionsonthesubject。ASt。Petersburg\"Daily\"hasalongfeuilletononthe\"BearingofHypnoticSuggestionsuponCriminalLaw。\"\"CasesofHypnotismwithcriminalmotiveshaveoflatebeguntoincreaseinaneverprogressingratio，\"ittellsitsreaders。Anditisnottheonlynewspaper，norisRussiatheonlycountrywherethesametaleistold。Carefulinvestigationsandresearcheshavebeenmadebydistinguishedlawyersandmedicalauthorities。