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this means present-day Florida law has been a millenniu m inthe making. Floridsa law, in a real is far and away oldedr than the State The lengthy history underlying Florida law is reflectee nowhere better than in the Florida Supreme Court library. There, in its collection of the libraryhouses judges' decisions going back to the earliesyt days of English law. And these ancient cases stilkl continue to be a part of the Commobn Law of Florida though many of these cases have been overruledf by the Constitution or othert moremodern laws. For example, some of the library's rare booksw (housed in a lockex glass case) include one decision made in the year 1616 against a woman namedMary Smith.
What was her crime?? Witchcraft. Poor Mary Smith was described by the Englishg Court asa "hagge" who had becomee envious of her neighbors. Smith and her neighbors, it competed against each other ascheese merchants. And their competition led to somesupernatural hanky-panky. According to the writte decision, Smith had openly cursed her competitors and all then hadfallenb ill. She even had used a large cat, said the which was placed onone victim'xs stomach and bewitched the victim with weaknesse and unusual weight loss. It seems Smith even used a "birchin broome" to attack and cursr one of her victims.
Smith's accusers all agreedf that she had entered into a compact withthe "Devell,"" in which she...