To Be or Not To Be Guilty; That is the Question
Samuel Street was accused of assaulting and raping Elizabeth (Betty) Harvison on August 2nd, 1725. Betty, at the time, was seventeen years old when she claimed that he had hurt her. Betty was classified as a dwarf idiot. She had no use of her limbs and had to be carried to and fro. This paper will explain the treatment of women, objectification of women, treatment of people with disabilities, how easily it was to accuse a person of rape, and describe the justice system during the eighteenth-century England.
Rebecca Harvison and her daughter Betty were eating dinner at a neighbors house when Samuel, the accused, walked in and started kissing Betty. Rebecca saw Samuel walk in, but did not see the kiss. Samuel and Rebecca were not friends, but were a little more than acquaintances. Samuel rented a room from Rebecca’s friend Elizabeth, so they came in contact with each other on a daily basis. About an hour after dinner,......
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