Project Gutenberg 2013-07-23 Public domain in the USA. 1307 Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson) 1831 1917 Evans, Edward Payson 07028640 The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals" by E. P. Evans is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the fascinating, if bizarre, legal practices of prosecuting animals for crimes in medieval and early modern Europe, exploring the absurdity and seriousness with which these cases were handled. It investigates the implications of these trials within the contexts of societal norms, religion, and the evolution of legal thought. The opening of the work outlines the origins of animal trials and the varying perspectives on their legality, notably the distinctions made between different types of prosecutions—those for domestic animals versus vermin. Evans introduces Bartholomew Chassenée, a jurist famous for defending rats charged with crop destruction, illustrating the lengths to which legal arguments were stretched to defend these creatures. He also discusses the interplay between secular and ecclesiastical courts in such cases, underscoring the peculiar belief that animals could be held accountable for their actions as if they were human actors in the legal system. Overall, this section sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the cultural and legal ramifications of treating animals as subjects of criminal law. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43286/43286-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 38.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Animals, Prosecution and punishment of -- History Animals -- Law and legislation -- History Trials -- Europe KJ Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Law & Criminology Category: History - European Category: Law & Criminology 738764 2025-06-17T12:54:24.026724 text/html 704452 2024-10-23T17:17:13 text/html 769609 2025-06-17T12:54:37.611694 application/epub+zip 773289 2025-06-17T12:54:26.742677 application/epub+zip 327176 2025-06-17T12:54:25.363669 application/epub+zip 978095 2025-06-17T12:54:44.402104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 910669 2025-06-17T12:54:35.426638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466384 2022-09-19T17:55:56.877437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 604413 2025-06-17T12:54:22.333715 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 604236 2013-07-23T11:01:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17055 2025-06-17T12:54:44.577095 application/rdf+xml 23014 2025-06-17T12:54:25.515691 image/jpeg 3283 2025-06-17T12:54:25.440669 image/jpeg 772311 2025-06-17T12:54:24.101704 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia