THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
OF ANIMALS
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
ANIMAL SYMBOLISM IN ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE. Fully illustrated. In oneVol. Crown 8vo. Price 9s.
EVOLUTIONAL ETHICS AND ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY. In one Vol. Crown 8vo. Price9s.
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
Execution of a Sow.
THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
OF ANIMALS
By E. P. EVANS
AUTHOR OF
“ANIMAL SYMBOLISM IN ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE,”
“EVOLUTIONAL ETHICS AND ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY,” ETC., ETC.
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
MCMVI
Copyright 1906 by William Heinemann
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | ||
| Sources—Amira’s distinction between retributive and preventive processes—Addosio’s incorrect designation of thelatter as civil suits—Inconsistent attitude of the Church in excommunicating animals—Causal relation of crimeto demoniacal possession—Squatter sovereignty of devils—Aura corrumpens—Diabolical infestation and lackof ventilation—“Bewitched kine”—Greek furies and Christian demons—Homicidal bees, laying cocks andcrowing hens—Theory of the personification of animals—Beasts in Frankish, Welsh, and old German laws—Animalprosecutions and witchcraft—The Mosaic code in Christian courts—Pagan deities as demons—Bornmalefactors among beasts—The theory of punishment in modern criminology | p. 1 | |
| CHAPTER I | ||
| BUGS AND BEASTS BEFORE THE LAW | ||
| Criminal prosecution of rats—Chassenée appointed to defend them—Report of the trial—Chassenée employed ascounsel in other cases of this kind—His dissertation on the subject—Nature of his argument—Authorities andprecedents—The withering of the fig-tree at Bethany justified and explained by Dr. Trench—Eels and blood-suckersin Lake Leman cursed by the Bishop of Lausanne with the approval of Heidelberg theologians—White[Pg vi]bread turned black, and swallows, fish, and fliesdestroyed by anathema—St. Pirminius expels reptiles—Vermifugal efficacy of St. Magnus’ crosier—Papalexecratori ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | ||