2 ms·
Giles Corey - tortured by peine forte et dure to extract a plea of "innocent" or "guilt", but only responded with "More weight". Margaret Clitherow in the UK al
by dalke 11y ago
Giles Corey - tortured by peine forte et dure to extract a plea of "innocent" or "guilt", but only responded with "More weight". Margaret Clitherow in the UK also failed to admit guilt or innocence under the same torture.
Rebecca West - under torture admitted she had 'carnal copulation with the Devil'.
- nabla9 11y agoGiles Corey was not tortured for information. Neither was Rebecca West.
- dalke 11y agoYou are right. I was thinking the torture was to extract information of a guilty/innocent plea. I see now that it was because the court system required that the defendant "submit to it by entering a plea seeking judgment from the court". (Quoting Wikipedia). By not entering a plea, the person has not entered the court system and no judgement can take place.