tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4730834143274610989..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: 'I Pronounced this Pig Guilty of Murder' by Karen MaitlandMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-2369037730130434542013-03-10T10:12:29.813+00:002013-03-10T10:12:29.813+00:00I wonder whether the 'executed' animals we...I wonder whether the 'executed' animals were butchered afterwards? <br />And to what extent it might be a roundabout way of punishing the owner, by depriving them if their livestock.<br /><br />(and in the cases where the animal was defended by a lawyer, who paid the lawyer? vine eating flies can't have much cash, surely?)<br /><br />A very interesting topic.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49816436792492242162013-03-09T20:57:45.249+00:002013-03-09T20:57:45.249+00:00Excellent post - but maybe also, when a pig had ea...Excellent post - but maybe also, when a pig had eaten a baby, for example, it gave the people the chance to vent their anger? Like when the fox bit the baby in London and people called for a cull?Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29581644378804427342013-03-08T19:34:40.095+00:002013-03-08T19:34:40.095+00:00There was an interesting article on Slate a few we...There was an interesting <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2013/02/medieval_animal_trials_why_they_re_not_quite_as_crazy_as_they_sound.html" rel="nofollow">article on Slate</a> a few weeks ago on just this topic. Always fascinating!bnachisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404276643660920978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13194348612333395832013-03-08T17:56:35.592+00:002013-03-08T17:56:35.592+00:00What a fascinating post Karen and you make it all ...What a fascinating post Karen and you make it all sound so plausible but how does one explain it still happening in 1916 in Tennessee?Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64867203732121086902013-03-08T10:45:44.423+00:002013-03-08T10:45:44.423+00:00Reminded me of a Julian Barnes novel, where the wo...Reminded me of a Julian Barnes novel, where the woodworm that ate through the legs of the bishop's chair, so that the chair collapsed when the bishop sat in it, were tried for heresy. Possibly a real case, then.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16288917377032021803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-1539723060085830072013-03-08T09:37:32.048+00:002013-03-08T09:37:32.048+00:00What an intriguing post.
What an intriguing post.<br />Paeony Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129555451791248798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-42092694458443320442013-03-08T09:04:10.524+00:002013-03-08T09:04:10.524+00:00Great post - such lunacy was not confined to the M...Great post - such lunacy was not confined to the Middle Ages. In 1916 they hanged an elephant for murder in Tennesee!Simon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798733767120473569noreply@blogger.com