Animal Trials by Evans, Edward Payson
Animal Trials by Evans, Edward Payson

Animal Trials

An edited version of the text Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals--omitting much of the legal...
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Author: Edward Payson Evans
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Animal Trials by Evans, Edward Payson

Animal Trials

$42.93
Animal Trials by Evans, Edward Payson

Animal Trials

$42.93
Author: Edward Payson Evans
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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An edited version of the text Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals--omitting much of the legal analysis and concentrating on an extraordinary range of trials

To try an animal in a court of law for "crimes" and then sentence it to imprisonment or death seems barbaric, but for hundreds of years until the mid-19th century this practice was commonplace in Europe, and became the subject of a book called Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals. They include: an eight-month trial of a flock of weevils, for damaging vines--although the insects were found guilty, the sentence is unknown because the foot of the relevant parchment was eaten by insects. A pig tried found guilty of strangling and killing a baby in its cradle--the sentence was death and the pig was hanged. A group of rats who were summoned to court for eating the local barley, but failed to turn up--their defense counsel successfully argued that they had probably not received the summons and should be let off. There were even trials of inanimate objects, such as a Russian bell put on trial for abetting insurrection. It was found guilty and exiled to Siberia.

Author: Edward Payson Evans
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Published: 06/01/2013
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.02w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781843913825

About the Author
Edward Payson Evans (1831-1917), a historian, linguist, and associate of Ralph Waldo Emerson, taught at the University of Michigan before moving to Germany, where he became a specialist in Oriental languages and German literature.


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