The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-22
rSS~at-se Trials


II, f,r tat IS the sarless fern Ct jessice ca
reecrd aAu eye sss ss eye. to0'b for
ts,,b - rc-sgsise6 TIE legal code Of sbe An
-s.s,s. ard even 6urirg tse Middle Ages, long
bsf,-e Coke, Biackssone. ard cshsr seioeriises
he,rsa to weave The intricate web O. law anu
~ moss sissulsr freak ii jodieial history
- ~. TRIAL II animals. which 81 ore tire
yss r-r.h II vogue. ard crscrupeds were
h-,,u.-h. before courts and srraisned II The
80 rsauaer ss hur,1r beings. Fancy re-
-,ur-sd LAWYER IL Cur day rnakiss nasls BY
ssgsriiu.- some rats VIC bad tslcuic1sly least
81 CO he barley belcggfng &c 4 monastery. Ur
a MEDIEVAL court u ali Is spieudoar and nar-
aphsruaiis, gravity tryi1s a Fls Tor riarosF:
Such scgues were quite Frequently eIaeied
Il tie Middle Ages, and ARE enfioes
ccususut4ry On The czsrs ard cracks that axe
r.,.ss.sssc- % tie hnrlan niud, ard esve sbsis
sav Cd TIE stage gs human events. The law
VIZ ai'a,sei tc vas cas Bartholomew II trials
81 s-ir1lls f- he fiaeenth century. he was
ccurset fur the rats before the Ecclesiastical
C,,s.-ciI or Ausrr. ard made very tEgenlo0s
sgfsnce i5r bis cligoss, shoviug they were too
sc4ste-eS =. tleir residences q be all sun
ruued, ard had The right q sPgsals aiso thai,
l. thsir lives wclU6 be IN dagger trcD cats
ard sthsr eBemiss. they ~ere a. liberty 70 X
fuse 10 appear. under the plea Of set-pressr-
,aticn. Tas sentence In this singular triAl IS
zss recorded. though the whoEe Of Chasssn-
ree', is-sri1GS eeleuce was published IL
the records u the sanle cuurs Is some very
clever rcusgui-s BY the same lawyer CO the
SHtsgcE Ct the sxccumrnicasica Of troublesome
insects called huberss, who destroyed the
gram Ct tie Autuu farmers
L. vas very crurcu for the priests C burt
shsir lan II e1roumanicatiou a. animals, aHc
even al iranimate things SFGrrouss toacs,
ard mice fell under the iuterGiei Of the Church.
The Bisbcp Ct TrisrS exrouuuuicatsd the
sgarrvus because they invaded the church AZ
! hours and sciied the buildllgS and tie vest
-1s1-s Of the clergy IN their unlawful and IN
pertinent Intrusion. Tney were eruerec q
t-7aI. ruf. ewing q their great nUE-ber ard
ir1spressibie manners, this WIS deemed TIE
easiest way to dispose Of them JufortEgats-
ly. history saith not If It bad the desired re-
sgrr. Tbs Bisbcp of Lausanne was believed
6. have freed Lake Lenan FROM eels, which AZ
enc TINE infested Is waters Perhaps he fol-
lowed The szaurls OF s. Patrick, whose sue
cess 10 Ire e1CrpaEion Of tcacs from Erin pre-
ce,;sJ those cE the coed bishop. Holy st.
Bernard ezccumguicsfted the Hes, which IN
tested The country in sW1rms. Lc. next Elcru-
Id. they lay dead upon The gruGnd, Ike the
Egyrclu 6rss- born. unbelieyers declared that
6 wls 8 Sudden trust caused the morality,
lu. the cstl 1Goz blessed the SAINT fer the
MIRACLE b. had wruzgbt.
In tire ryrnl, In 1873, there vas very
curious .rili gt uolss, WhO were saHi to l1IGrs
the ground 1y lleir burrowiHg- has 6rue-
brusu tluz charge Of tue defeucr, and Schwarze
Niuig was The prosecutor There were host
e. witnesses. Ir was pcuvsd that the crops
we're injured, and the uioies we're sentenced
GO depart, tbs counsel demanded safe conduct
f5r ,zsm- which the Judge granted for tn,
sgace gf fourteen days.
COurs records were very IrregulGriy kept ~
those days. bat there are cases e1tlDs Of am
ulals being tried, sentenced 70 death, and even
submitted C. The rack OE to mGilltiou. Az
.OPpenheiu, ca the Rhine, t42e, two pigs were
p1bbclF buried alive for killing ! child They
underwent full trial beforehand 4 Gcuksy
vas sentenced % &c hanged, bar AZ appeal
vas made. and be WIS knocked &C the head
Instead In 1865 zig vas publicly bGrued
At the sake fer the murder Of a child
singular case Of Carrying cut sztlli0nis occur-
red At FalIsse. A SOW was tried for infan-
lciie, found guilty, and condemned to be
hEls in meas clothes, purchased az the sx-
peuse Of the Srlis, and the hangusn was Pre-
vicsi wish a PAR CT new gloves for the coca
sun In the execution If beasts the public
ezsculCuer was always employed, not the
butcher, might Be thought. They also
cCnfned the cgIPris AZ the an with h1maE
beings. A parallel iyht be drawn occazi0n-
al u which tie genus koBtg might nat be al
lgetlsr filtered bgt we refrain, and return
% cur subject. At Montpelier, IN 1855, !
urls was triad ard burnt 1iITs, tut the re-
cnEt Cf the crime CT tins usually patient and
nd ls-ri1Gs, If somewhat Cpiniouated, animal
L buried IN cblivl1u. In the province Of
Gisgus WIS found the urier fer pay ment for a
scatalG erected fer the execution Of an CT
NfCr Is Cemeri- A horse vas also hang At
Dilcu f.r killing boy of twelve 4sars.
The town CT Bale, n 1896, vas greatly
agitI.zl over the heinn1s crime Ct cock who
laid an egg e vas sentenced 70 have dis
cuHa and claws cut CT, and to be heheaded.
For 4 l1ug time cocks eggs were considered
very uzll-zy, witches sgurht altar them, and
they were believed to hatch cack4frices or
vsHcmogs serpeHts-
Pigs and sparrgEs ewing 70 their irrspres-
si1tz and Cosmopolitan ways and manners,
sere specially iaimicaI O, the law. They IN
creased IN vast azmbers- At enc time pigs
ran Wilt over the cDuzrry n both France and
Germany In the Iatfer cr1sEry the unhappy
PCrksr seems to have been ] continual hone ct
coutenIan, from whEh even Bismarck genius
can1Gt free the naficuf
1t appears pity sGme Of the cid masters
.lavs net EFT picture with al the array CT
cuGrt q mesiiETzI tines, and the criminal at
the bar CT the GEMS Pigl Darwin might draw
some cuucl lsl1Ha, perhaps, and the sWiuIsh
Character CT some 1t the criminals brought inn
cur ulle1seHta-cent1ry uHGrnamenfal cngrts
would frUm an Interesting comparison far the
slliisuE & animal - we'll as human i6insyu-
cracjss
We Ild t. fnd any acr1gnE CT a monkey
tzial-tEe nearest Ink, net the missing one A
lear az the bar e sad u have tried ta hug the
llIi.gg, and crgarasi such cnnsferuafiau lhat his
lrial was inl.e 6lifsiy postponed.
Certainly of al tie strIhga tseaka cf learned
NV rhis trial Of animals vas the most Feru-
{ bar aud were Il nue for weII-aatheuficatesi
/ facts 70 history, We zhcali lock upon the az
cnGlns Ct sHch shings as We % apon GaI-
I iver's and n 1ncnaasen's a7idisaRc trzEgia-
I ElEbEigs