Actually the opposite of that. It made the accused more visable
Was the defendant seated on an elevated platform, to maximise visibility?
Actually the opposite of that. It made the accused more visable
A window in the roof so god could see that justice was being done in her name.
Thats near enough. The original court was in the open courtyard exposed to the elements. Only the judge and some clerks had any sort of cover.
It was so justice could be seen to be done by God and to a lesser extent the public. There was also another theory that the officials were less likely to catch disease from defendants & public by it being outdoors.
Your scales of justice M'lud.
It would appear their god couldn't see through walls and ceilings, not so omnipotent nor omniscient after all.
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George P. Burdell:
Graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology
Flew twelve missions over Europe with the 8th Air Force in WW2
On the board of directors of Mad Magazine 1969 to 1981
At one point led the online poll for Time's 2001 Person of the Year award
What handicap had to be overcome which makes these achievements all the more remarkable?
He/she/it is an animal, probably a cat.
Was he a woman?
Was he fictional?
So, what is the next term in this sequence?
1
11
21
1211
?
112111!
When you kill a fly with the Argos book.
Phew, that was hard work. I tried crystal lattices, Morse code, Roman numerals, electron shells, numbers in base 3 and rather like fowler9 I even thought there might be a musical connection.
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"Splatalogue" - what is it?