Scazzocchio also forwarded an affidavit from the Mortara family doctor, Pasquale Saragoni, who acknowledged that Edgardo had fallen sick when he was about a year old, but stated that he had never been in danger of dying, and that in any case Morisi had been herself bedridden at the time she was supposed to have baptised the boy.
Scazzocchio juga mendatangkan dokter keluarga Mortara, Pasquale Saragoni, yang mengakui bahwa Edgardo jatuh sakit saat ia berusia satu tahun, namun menyatakan bahwa ia tak pernah dalam keadaan sekarat, dan bahwa dalam kasus apapun, niat Morisi sendiri yang pada waktu itu membuatnya membaptis bocah tersebut.