Truth or dare

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Truth or dare

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson royala » 26 mar 2005 07:45:05

A Pewsey cleric turned detective to solve the murder of a farmer in
1798.

The rector of the village church, the Reverend Joseph Townsend, found
an unusual way to unmask the murderer.

Playing on the superstition that the body of a murdered man knows its
killer, he hauled the corpse into his church on Sunday.

Every member of the congregation was asked to place their hands on the
dead man's face and declare their innocence. One man, whose surname is
recorded as Amor, was afraid to take the test and he was later charged
with the murder and hanged.

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