On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:31:38 GMT, "Jim Heckman"
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>On 4-Mar-2008, David Downing <David.H.Downing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I'm now watching (on DVD) the 1840 storyline, and I just got to the
>> part where it turns out there's an obscure law dating from the 1600s
>> that allows someone -- Quentin, in this case -- to be tried for
>> witchcraft by a tribunal. Does anyone know whether this is a real law.
>> I was wondering because they even quoted the law word for word.
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>I have no idea, but the notion that the US Constitution didn't
>apply because it was ratified after the law was passed was, to put
>it mildly, the most ludicrous legal argument I've ever heard on any
>TV show, bar none.
THe constitution doesnt say anything about not trying someone because
of witchcraft. THere are a lot of strange laws on the books today
from years ago that still exist. Not enforced but exists. Could such a
thing happen ie someone tried for witchcraft in 1840? Maybe but it is
very unlikely, and I do mean very unlikely, that a very wealthy person
from a well known family fall into such a position.
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