BEED-4A TOPIC: JUDICIAL PROCESS AND TRIAL BY ORDEAL

12. Boiling water
ordeal, suspects pick a
stone in a pot of boiling
water. The suspect who
refused to obey the
command was regarded
as the culprit. If the
suspects made the attempt
as ordered, the man
whose hand was scalded
the most was considered
the guilty one.

13. Candle ordeal,
suspects are given
lighted candles of
the same sizes
and the owner of
the candle that
died out first is the
guilty.

14. River ordeal,
suspects plunge
into the river or
lake with lances.
He who came to
the surface first
was considered
guilty.

15. Ordeal by rice
chewing, suspects
chew uncooked rice.
Each of them spat
his saliva and the
one whose saliva
came out the
thickest was
adjudged the culprit.

17. Wrestling /
combat ordeal,
also called as
bultong; the
vanquished in the
wrestling contest
was considered
the guilty party.

18. Another ordeal by
combat called alaw,
involved a duel. In
this kind of combat,
the loser usually lost
his life, in itself
considered a just
punishment.