Medieval Justice — The Case of the Rooster of BaselIn 1474 a rooster living in the city of Bas

Medieval Justice — The Case of the Rooster of BaselIn 1474 a rooster living in the city of Basel, Switzerland committed one of the most shocking and heinous crimes in Medieval Swiss history; it laid an egg.  A rooster laying eggs is not only strange enough, but they were eggs that lacked a yoke. The people of Basel were terrified, for everyone knew that such eggs were not normal eggs, but the eggs of a cockatrice, a winged serpent creature with a roosters head which could kill and destroy with a mere glance.To settle the matter, the rooster was put on trial to decide its fate.  The trial included a prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge.  The prosecutor argued that the rooster was no ordinary cock, but a minion of Satan. The defense attorney argued that the egg laying of the rooster was an odd, but natural occurrence that was no fault of the rooster.  At the end of the trial, the judge found the rooster guilty of witchcraft.  The rooster was immediately burned at the stake. -- source link

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