The Duel of Dog and Killer

In 1400 in France, a king's bodyguard named Chevalier Maquer murdered Aubrey de Montdidier in the Forest of Bondy near Paris. Montdidier's greyhound later repeatedly attacked Maquer in public, raising suspicion, and the king ordered a judicial duel between the man and the dog in Paris. During the fight, the greyhound pinned Maquer by the throat, and he confessed. Authorities then sentenced him to hang for his crime.

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