Sentenca de Maria Antonia de Liveyra. Trial record
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Maria Antonia was condemned for practicing magic to treat both humans and animals. Although she was illiterate, it was claimed that she could make the dumb speak and pregnant women bear children easily. Making the sign of the cross over the right arm of the sick or over some of their belongings, she would grimace and pretend to swallow the illness. If the sick were at a distance, she prepared water to cure the illness. Maria confessed to all the charges against her and was incarcerated and exiled to Angola.