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 THE SAME AUTHOR_ ANIMAL SYMBOLISM IN ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE. Fully illustrated. In one Vol. Crown 8vo. Price 9_s._ EVOLUTIONAL ETHICS AND ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY. In one Vol. Crown 8vo. Price 9_s._ LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN [Illustration: 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. [Illustration] 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 the latter as civil suits--Inconsistent attitude of the Church in excommunicating animals--Causal relation of crime to demoniacal possession--Squatter sovereignty of devils-- _Aura corrumpens_--Diabolical infestation and lack of ventilation--“Bewitched kine”--Greek furies and Christian demons--Homicidal bees, laying cocks and crowing hens-- Theory of the personification of animals--Beasts in Frankish, Welsh, and old German laws--Animal prosecutions and witchcraft--The Mosaic code in Christian courts--Pagan deities as demons--Born malefactors among beasts--The theory of punishment in modern criminology _p._ 1 CHAPTER I BUGS AND BEASTS BEFORE THE LAW