Excerpt from The Facts and Historical Events of the Toledo War of 1835: As Connected With the First Session of the Court of Common Pleas of Lucas County, Ohio In the early times of the Germans and Northmen of Europe, there was a custom, sanctioned by their Courts, that permitted a mode of trial called wager of battle. This mode of trial was regarded as a great test of the honesty and sincerity of the parties that went to law. It permitted the defendant in a writ of right to apply for it; and allowed him to challenge his opponent to single combat to decide the case. It was unlike a modern due], as the parties themselves did not fight; but chose some person to be their champion, to give and take the blows. The party whose fighting man flogged his opponent, had judgment entered in his favor for his claim. This mode of trial was anciently introduced into England by her conquerors, but was not much practiced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.