The Execution of a Bear Flashcards
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The execution of a bear!
- June 1880, a bear belonging to a visiting presumer, Antonio Delore, was arrested and placed on trial for harassing a Bailie, who was patrolling in glasgow, for the ‘guid’ of the people.
- the bear was sentenced to death by musket and Antonio was forced to sit in the stocks with the skin of his beloved bear around his shoulders. it made such a pitiful scene that not one Glaswegian had the heart to demonstrate their approval with the usual jeers and rotten fruit.
