Trial by Elements
TAAY-S of trial by fire and water were recalled by Sir -Montagu -Sharpe, chairman of Middlesex Session, when he addressed his last grand jury at Middlesex Guildhall recently: “You are the last of the grand juries I shall address,’ he said. “In my time 1 have addressed 250 of them, or more.’'| i “In the 12th century,” Sir Montague went on, “when a person was accused of crime by the ‘men. of the hundred,’ he stood convicted, but subject to being purged by the judgment of fire or water. If lie failed to purge himself he lost a hand or a. foot, or sometimes both. This method of accusation and presentment fell into disuse, and the sheriff summoned a- sufficient number of good men and true of the country ns is done now.”
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 30 September 1933, Page 11
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