Site of the free court in Assinghausen (in use from latest 1297 to 1808)

Free courts (vehmic courts) have existed since Germanic times, especially in Westphalia.
The free court always met at a specific location. Under the chairmanship of the free earl, the aldermen administered justice in the presence of all the freemen.
The court dealt with murder, theft, arson, fornication, treason and heresy, among other things.
Originally, only the death penalty was known, which was carried out by the bailiff or the aldermen, but later other punishments were also used.

Assinghausen – Revision eines Todesurteils am Freistuhl
https://privatarchiv.rzgierskopp.de/1990/07/assinghausen-revision-eines-todesurteils-am-freistuhl/

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Assinghausen – Revision eines Todesurteils am Freistuhl

Genau 500 Jahre und 19 Jahre später, am Mittwoch, dem 25. Juli 1990, wird dieses Urteil in einem inszenierten Schauspiel am Freistuhl in Assinghausen revidiert.

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Missed yesterday's #charactercreationchallenge , so you're getting a double today!

First is Ulrika von Böhn, the #lawyer I mentioned in my last post. She is likely the #Face, or front person for the party, partly because of the prestige of her career, but mostly because the rest are a #Bailiff, a #Charlatan and a #Spy. And I'm REALLY unsure about letting the Bailiff be the front guy, he's bloody terrible at everything!

#charactercreationchallenge2024
#WarhammerFantasyRoleplay
#ttrpg

Late entry for #charactercreationchallenge2024. Sorry, no #heroforge mini this time.

#Clementia Chrace is a Reiklander #Charlatan. Yes, charlatan is listed as an job in #WHFR; in fact #jobs have levels with different names in this game, and her starting level is #Swindler.

Of the four latest #Playercharacters I #rolledup, three of them are #Humans), one is a #Bailiff, the third was a #Lawyer, and the second was this one.

If I didn't know better I'd think this was all #serendipitous...

Something a little different for #charactercreationchallenge2024. No #Heroforge portrait, just a homemade #charactersheet for one Kruger Fredreik, a #Reiklander #Bailiff, for #WarhammerFantasyRoleplay.

There's nothing from Heroforge because I made him last night before sleeping. I wanted to try making a character purely from #dierolls.

I don't like him, but he may make for a good throwaway #ChaosCultist.

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#WarhammerFantasy
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"I don’t care whether the burglar is a local addict looking for drug money or a bailiff with a court warrant, the principle is the same: people are breaking into your home to take money from you"
https://mastodon.online/@RDHale/109835339818765392

#UKPolitics #EconomicJustice #poverty #Bailiff #CorporateGreed #Energy

RD Hale (@[email protected])

Anyone who grew up with a prepayment metre will relate to this article: https://councilestatemedia.substack.com/p/there-is-a-reason-energy-bills-are

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Saw a #bailiff banging on a local front door. There's a growth industry for these dire times. *groan.