In 1652 jurist Georg Christoph Walther advised the Rothenburg council in the case of two women accused of witchcraft , insisting that .
The women could be found guilty by proper due legal procedure women should be released without punishment .
In 1652 jurist Georg Christoph Walther advised the Rothenburg council in the case of two women accused of witchcraft , insisting that unless the women could be found guilty by proper due legal procedure they should be released without punishment .