The record-union., 1899-06-25

14OS, inclusive, till the 18th of July"
when it was, executed for 1.-THE crime OF
having murdered and killed a little
child" For the4pig's board he charges
two deniers tournois a day, the same as
for boarding man. He also
puts into account ten deniers
tournpis for a rope found and delivered
for the purpose of tying the said pig
that it might not escape
A peculiar custom iss referred to in
the process verbal of the prosecution of
an infanticidal porker, dated May ~,
1872. The murder was committed with
in the Jurisdiction of the monastery of
Moyen- Monitor, where the case was
tried and the accused was sentenced to
be hanged and strangled on a gibbeL-
The prisoner was then bound with a
cord and conducted to cross near the
cemetery, where it was formally given
over to an executioner from Nancy.
From time immemorial,' we are told,
1.-The jusNiciary Of the Lord Abbot of
Moyen-M Monitor has been accustomed
to consagn to the provost of Saint-Diez,
near this cross, condemned criminals
wholly naked, that they may be exc
cuted; but inasmuch as this pig is a
brute beast, he has delivered the same
bound with a cord without prejudicing
or in any wise impairing the right OF
the Lord Abbot to deliver condemned
criminals wholly naked The pig must
not wear a rope, unless the right to DO
without it be expressly reserved, lest
some human culprit under similar cir
cumstances might claim to be entitled
to raiment
In the case of a. mule condemned to
be burned alive at Montpelier in 1865,
as the animal was vicious and kicky,
the executioner cut off its feet before
consigning it to the flames. This mutt
lation was an arbitrary and extra-ju-
dicial act, dictated solely by consid-
Hangmen were often guilty of super
erogatory cruelty in the exercise Of
their bloody functions. Writers on
criminal Jurisprudence repeatedly COM
plain of this evil and call for reform
Thus Damhouder in his "Rerum Grim
nahum Praxis" urges magistrates to
be more careful in selecting persons for
this important Office, and not to choose
notorius violators of the law as vindi-
Gators of justice. Indeed, these hard
ened wretches sometimes took the la W.
into their own hands. Thus, on the 9TH
of June, 1876, at Schweinfurt, in Fran
coma, a sow which had bitten off the
ear and torn the hand Of a. child was
given in custody to the hangman, who.
without further authority, took it to the
gallows green and there hanged It
publicly, to the disgrace and detriment
of the city," For this imprudent usur-.
patton Of judiciary powers Jack Ketch
was obliged to flee, and never dared re.
turn.
On the 10th Of January, 1451, a. SOW
was convicted of murder, committed on
the person of an infant named Jehap
Martin, of Savigny, and sentenced TO be
hanged. Her six sucklings were also
included in the indictment as accom-
plices, but lin default of any positive
proof that they had assisted in mang-
ling the deceased, they were restored
to their owner, on condition that he
should give bail for their appearance
should further evidence be forthcoming
to prove their completely in their moth
er's crime" About a month later, ION
the Friday after the Feast of the Purl-
fication of the Virgin" the stockings
were again brought before the Court,
and as their owner Jehan Baiily, de-,
clined to be answerable for their future
good conduct, they were declared for
feited to the noble damsei Katherine de
Barnault. Lady Of Savigny. Sometimes
fine was imposed upon the owner OF
the offending beast, as was The case