Barna Attila: Lőcsei Fehér Asszony. Legenda és valóság - Győri Tanulmányok Füzetek. Tudományos Közlemények 16/2014 (Győr, 2014)
Lőcse’s White Lady and her lawsuit of high treason (Summary)
Loose's White womanand her lawsuit of high treason chancellery required the strictest investigation, which, if needed, could mean the application of various methods of torture. The court's head was Earl István Koháry judge royal, its members were: Gáspár Sándor; Tamás Nádasdy, Lord Lieutenant of Somogy county; István Nagy, judge royal; János Mészlényi deputy-lieutenant of Győr and Fejér counties. Julianna Géczy was summoned by Mihály Baczkó, deputy-lieutenant of Moson county and the charge was represented by appointed royal attorneys (changing each other). The suspect got two advocates, however, with alluding to the fact that she did not wish to be in a lawsuit with the Emperor, she did not accept it. Later, Julianna Géczy was taken to Győr, then to Magyar-Ovár because of the plague epidemic. Her lawsuit was completed here in March 1713, where she was found guilty in eternal disloyalty and sentenced to capital punishment and the loss of her wealth. The reason for the capital punishment was smuggling secret letters, conspiring and communicating with the Rákóczi-party's emigrated members. After the decision of the Court Council of War, she was taken to Győr again in April 1713, where she waited for the fulfilment of her faith in the old City Hall's prison, with military custody. Due to the experienced shock, Juha Géczi got sick, hence, she was placed in a military detention. She was not strictly protected, hence, she escaped. She escaped to the Clarisse's cloister in Nagyszombat (today: Tyrnava, Slovakia) and asked for rights of asylum, which, however, people committing capital sins such as traitors or high treason, could not receive. In January 1714, she was back in the prison in Győr, waiting for the final decision until autumn. Rights of nobles in lawsuits — prohibition of torture The royal attorney suggested ordering the usual torture methods applied in similar lawsuits (according to him) even in the beginning of the lawsuit. He repeated it at the closure of the justificatory process, with special regards to that the suspect's statements wre controversial and often changed during the interrogation. However, the court ruled without applying the device of torture and proposed its judgement to the Court of Vienna for ratification. The chancellery finished the proposal to the Emperor with significant delay, by the beginning of 1714: the judgement basically remained, however, having regard to the accused and affected actors' great number, suggested the application of torture methods because of the possibly made up and fictitious letters. King Charles III approved 91
