[8] In this latest record of such prosecutions a man named Marger was killed and robbed by Scherrer and his son, with the fierce and effective co-operation of their dog. The three murderers were tried and the two men sentenced to lifelong imprisonment, but the dog, as the chief culprit, without whose complicity the crime could not have been committed, was condemned to death. [9] In modern French _pendard_ means hang-dog. M. Lejeune states that he can recall no other instance of its use as synonymous with bourreau or hangman. Perhaps a facetious clerk may have deemed it applicable to a person whose office was in the present case that of a hang-pig. [10] Under this term are included the dean, canons, and chapter of the Cathedral of Chartres. [11] _Mietkuhe_, a cow pastured or wintered for pay. Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. Superscripted characters are indicated by {superscript}. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, by Edmund P. Evans