What happened in the olden days when someone got caught stealing hens?

[Squeaky]

In Saudi Arabia they still cut off people's hands for stealing. It's not a nice operation with anaesthetic and stuff, either: they supposedly have a guy with a honking huge scimitar and it's done in public.

In medieval England, people were branded for poaching. In medieval France, if you poached on the King's land, depending on the era you'd be either branded or blinded with a hot poker.

Later on, around the 17th or 18th century, poachers in England were hanged, especially for repeat offenses, or later they spent time in the stocks.

Shooting in defense of one's livestock was generally acceptable until the 20th century when we collectively got wussy and stopped taking our food seriously because there was enough of it to take for granted.

 

[menageriemama]

I would opt for the old school Visine in the coffee or perhaps even the old Saran Wrap over the toilet...

 

[Shogun99]

How about "Chocolate Laxative Brownies???"

Seriously, in olden days I think tresspassers were shot at and occasionally hit and I doubt if the law did too much about it if they appeared to be thieves. Not like it is now where thieves are protected by "rights" and it is the law-abiding homeowner who gets thrown in prison for protecting themselves and their families.

 

[kstaven]

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And I still wonder how they can call this progress and more civilized. At least then there where consequences for actions which I have no doubt deterred many would be thieves.

 

[debilorrah]

The old west had it right - call em out and shoot em dead. I get so sick of criminals who are repeat offenders getting the "benefit of the doubt" and set free. IMHO, rapists and molesters of children deserve life or death. I cannot understand how some of these people get away with what they do. Remeber Larry Singleton? Justice by public.

 

[debilorrah]

And that was my rant.

 

[BFeathered]

My grandma was a dead-eye with a shot gun and even nastier with a willow switch. I don't want to think about what she'd have done to a human stealing her chickens!

 

[Shogun99]

Shoot your Gramma is even SCARING ME! I know that ppl get off scot free these days and its horrible. Personally I'm finally glad that OJ got what he deserved. And for anyone wanting to call me racist or whatever, I've read the original transcripts and the ones from his civil trial and I STILL don't know how he got out of prison initially.

 

[Alpha Roo]

I say bring back the old ways and lets take the country back again from these theives, gang bangers etc.. enough is enough. It seems a new adage is in order, 'spare the rod spoil the adult'. We need consequences again for their actions, not bleeding hearts.

 

[the1much]

it is STILL a hanging offense to steal livestock in texas,,,, i have a broke neck, so last week when someone tried to steal mine, i just let the 357 convince him he didnt want to