San Juan Record | 1933-11-16 | Page 6 | Bird Juries Stern in Judgment of Fellows

bird juries stern in n I 1 judgment of fellows A writer in london londo n answers records these instances that camo came un tier del ills his personal observation of wild justice I 1 have known several instances of will hy by jury in the wild there are three cases of rooks trying it prisoner and inflict indict ing ln the extreme penalty pc nAlty with rooks tile the trial 1 Is nn 1 elaborate affair and usually ay ta takes 1 pance lace in a large meadow with the lie prisoner who Is well guarded apart from the others wild geese will never trust a sentry who hns has failed them I 1 have known one bird to fall this sentry allowed a sportsman to get within shot and altho tigh tile he only wounded bird was vas the sentry fin and it was ma able to escape it was tried by the loch flock next nest day the verdict wits guilty and the hundreds of angry birds pounced upon tile the unhappy prisoner and tore and it to death not a bone in the body was left unbroken it if a bird that has been kept in captivity for a year or more Is given its fre freedom edoin it la Is looked upon as nn an outlaw and Is often pecked or beaten to death