Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) The Lawyer in History, Literature, and Humour. Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. "A welcome addition to the lighter literature of the law."--_The Times._ "A considerable amount of historical and literary information."--_Daily News._ "An entertaining work. It is rich in the lore and the humour of the law, and ought to be as interesting to the layman as to the lawyer."--_The Globe._ "A handsome volume.... The work is printed and got up in a style that does credit to the well-known firm of publishers."--_Chester Courant._ [Illustration: TRIAL OF A PIG AT LAUSANNE IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.] Legal Lore: Curiosities of Law and Lawyers EDITED BY William Andrews. LONDON: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., 5, FARRINGDON AVENUE, E.C. 1897. Preface. The favourable reception given to my volume issued under the title of "The Lawyer in History, Literature, and Humour," has induced me to prepare, on similar lines, the present book, dealing with curiosities of the law. I hope those who are interested in the study of the byways of literature may find entertainment and instruction in its pages, and that it will win a welcome not only from the legal profession, but from the reading public. I am enabled by the courtesy of Messrs. Chatto & Windus, to reproduce for my frontispiece, an illustration from a work published by them, under the title of "Credulities Past and Present." WILLIAM ANDREWS. THE HULL PRESS, 10th December, 1896. Contents. PAGE BIBLE LAW. By S. Burgess, M.A. 1 SANCTUARIES. By William E. A. Axon, F.R.S.L. 13 TRIALS IN SUPERSTITIOUS AGES. By Ernest H. Rann 23 ON SYMBOLS. By George Neilson 43 LAW UNDER THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. By Cuming Walters 58 THE MANOR AND MANOR LAW. By England Howlett 83 ANCIENT TENURES. By England Howlett 95 LAWS OF THE FOREST. By Edward Peacock, F.S.A. 109 TRIAL BY JURY IN OLD TIMES. By Thomas Frost 122 BARBAROUS PUNISHMENTS. By Sidney W. Clarke 132 TRIALS OF ANIMALS. By Thomas Frost 149 DEVICES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY DEBTORS. By James C. Macdonald, F.S.A., Scot. 161 LAWS RELATING TO THE GIPSIES. By William E. A. Axon, F.R.S.L. 165 COMMONWEALTH LAW AND LAWYERS. By Edward Peacock F.S.A. 179 COCK-FIGHTING IN SCOTLAND. 197 COCKIELEERIE LAW. By Robert Bird 200