if you read Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and other Matters of Fact from the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds by DJ Oldridge there is a whole chapter about animals that have been tried. They range from cows, to weavels to even swarms of bugs. The basis at that time was that no one or nothing was above the law. So there were special enclosures made for the criminals along with special ways to hang different animals.
In the case of the bugs, the bugs won. It was in France. The lawyer fought that the bugs who ruined the crops by eatting them were following God's law which is over man's law. If I remember right, the town planted seperate crops the following year hoping the bugs would eat those instead.
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In the case of the bugs, the bugs won. It was in France. The lawyer fought that the bugs who ruined the crops by eatting them were following God's law which is over man's law. If I remember right, the town planted seperate crops the following year hoping the bugs would eat those instead.
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