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Show Execution of Animals Pigs, cows, horses were tried before Judge and jury for centuries before Christ and on down through the Middle Mid-dle ages. Lawyers have been appointed appoint-ed to plead for them. If and when convicted, to deprive them of none of the privileges granted to human beings, be-ings, these four-legged criminals were given a session on the rack, or some equivalent torture for the moment In fashion. After his turn on the rack, the animal ani-mal was escorted to the gallows. If small enough, a pig or a wolf, the executioner ex-ecutioner would occasionally dress bim np In men's clothing, pants, vest and headgear; probably to make him seem more like a human being. Then the rope was placed around his neck and the poor animal swung ont over the heads of the jeering crowds. |