Detail from the frontispiece of The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals (1906) by E.P.Evans.
Featured on PDR in the essay Bugs and Beasts Before the Law
Murderous pigs sent to the gallows, sparrows prosecuted for chattering in church, a gang of thieving rats let off on a wholly technical acquittal - theoretical psychologist and author Nicholas Humphrey* explores the strange world of medieval animal trials.
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Detail from the Frontispiece of The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals
Date
1906
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The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals
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