Definition of 'Felo de se' (General)

by ChrisW , Thursday, April 10, 2008, 08:15 (6080 days ago) @ admin

I noticed on a couple of 'out of Forest' inquests that the burial could be in a churchyard, but was ordered to take place between 9pm and midnight without rites or ceremony. Would there have been a burial record? Other bodies were buried on the highway, in particular at crossroads.

It would be interesting to know how they decided what was mentally incompetent.
Perhaps it was mentally retarded versus mentally ill? Either way they would not be responsible for their actions.

Nowadays the verdict would be 'whilst the balance of the mind was disturbed'.
In those days it was much more to the point Verdict Lunacy!