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Animal Trials (Hardcover)
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Animal Trials (Hardcover)
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Price R279
Discovery Miles 2 790
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Can an animal commit a crime? For hundreds of years until the
mid-nineteenth century, trying an animal in a court of law and
sentencing it to imprisonment or death was a common practice in
Europe. This became the subject of a pioneering work called The
Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, published
in 1906 by Edward Payson Evans. It detailed an amazing assemblage
of court cases in which animals were named as defendants. Animal
Trials is an edited version of Evans' book, selecting the most
extraordinary and controversial cases. 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 and
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 defence 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. Animal Trials provides fascinating insight into a bygone
era, addressing important social issues just as relevant today such
as animal rights and capital punishment.
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