Crapaud - St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
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dtrebilc
N 49° 11.107 W 002° 06.550
30U E 564915 N 5448416
A Crapaud is the French word for a Toad, and this one is sitting on top of a 9 foot high granite column.
Waymark Code: WMM6VF
Location: Jersey
Date Posted: 08/01/2014
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The monument stands near the site of an old prison, and on reclaimed land that originally consisted of marsh and sand dunes. It was a natural habitat for toads, but since the area was developed toads are now rare on the island.
The inhabitants of Jersey are also sometimes referred to as Crapaud.
Inscribed vertically on the pole is an extract of an old penal code from 1698.
"Code Le Geyt 1698 - Of crimes and their punishment. Petty larceny is on the first occasion only punished by caning, on the second by the lash, and the third by the lash with a cutting of an ear, banishment or hanging. Aggravated larceny is on the first occasion punished by death. Murder that is to say homicide with premeditation always carries confiscation both of the body and of goods. Parricides are hanged, drawn and strangled on the gibbet. Fornication for common people is punished by the cane and adultery the whip, for other persons there are pecuniary fines. Bigamy, incest and rape are punished with death. The punishment for perjury is the pillory. For aggravated crimes such as poisoning, assassination, arson, the body remains on the gibbet until it rots. In the case of sodomy and sorcery the criminal is drawn and hanged and his body burned. Every sentence involving loss of life or limb must be executed solemnly after the publication with an injunction to all school masters to bring their pupils to witness"
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