Anvil Court Report for Spring 381

Crimes		Description		Accused & plea		Verdict & punishment
Mass Murder		The accused confessed to killing a house full of Dawnish citizens. The circumstances were that he was taken prisoner by the House of Lord Lucien De Loire and tortured, forced to fight other prisoners and starved for six long years. When he and the other prisoners escaped Errol and some others stayed behind to buy time for their wounded to escape by setting fire to the house and killing anyone who got out. Evidence gathered by the Dawnish milita supported many of these facts and it is strongly suspected that this House were followers of vengeance.		Errol, Bailiff of the Grand Market plead guilty. Clemency was plead on his behalf by Sister Meredith of the Marches on the grounds of loyalty, including his desire to leave no one behind and the necessity of taking this extreme action immediately.		Guilty. Discharged without punishment.This reflects the strong clemency plea and the extenuating circumstances. Magistrate Karkovich
Contempt of court		The accused blocked the path of a member of the militia in the performance of her duties and then refused to move. When fined a crown for contempt of court she responded by telling the magistrate to “F*** off”.		Medea Ruth of Halcyon spire		Summarily fined one throne. Magistrate Garnovska
Assault		The accused grabbed the nearest weapon and stabbed Rane Jorunsdottir.		Ulric Ybasden plead guilty with no clemency.		Guilty. Fined four crowns. Magistrate Reinholz
Attempt to abet the contravention of a declaration of sorcery		In an attempt to rescue the Empress's father from the whisper gallery (who are under enmity) the accused attempted to broker a deal between them and Ancel Steward of House Vexille. Ariana sent the missive not knowing what it contained. The deal did not go through as the Whisper Gallery would only deal directly with Ancel Steward. During questioning, Danica claimed Kaspar had not been involved, leading to an increase in her fine.		Kaspar Jokovich von Holberg, Danica Vandale and Arianna de Tassato plead guilty. Clemency was plead on their behalf on the grounds of loyalty by Severin Teyhard von Holberg, Jared of the sons of Couros and Corwin Leafstalker, respectively.		Guilty. Kaspar was fined 22 thrones, Danica was fined 25 thrones and Arianna was fined ten thrones. Magistrate Garnovska
Subverting the agencies of the state		The accused attacked a herald of Yaw'nagrah (who is currently under enmity) during a plenipotentiary with the Archmage of Spring. This is in direct contravention of the Conclave's rules on how such parleys are conducted.		Dreyta Brackensong plead not guilty.		Guilty. Fined ten thrones. Magistrate Garnovska
Assault and contempt of court		The accused punched the victim, Watt of the Marches, believing (wrongly) that he had kidnapped her sister, Miriam Bard. Furthermore the accused frequently interrupted the magistrate during trial and was summarily tried for contempt of court.		Bessie the bard plead guilty to assault with clemency plead by Lumi Lehtonen of the Ironhammers of Wintermark		Fined two crowns for assault plus two crowns payable in compensation to the victim. Fined one crown for contempt of court. Magistrate Reinholz
Dereliction of duty		The accused handed herself in for a crime that occurred several years ago. She had been assigned to a military unit at the Reikos citadel and her new commander ordered her unit to surrender to the Druj. Instead she fled from the field of battle.		Allegra of Navarr plead guilty and with clemency plead by J'zarr i Shartha i Guerra on the grounds of loyalty.		Guilty. Fined ten crowns and subjected to the Freezing Brand of Irremais. Magistrate Garnovska
Murder and resisting arrest		The accused resisted legal arrest with murderous force, leading to the deaths of over 200 Varushkan soldiers and most of the inhabitants of Crows Keep. The court was moved only slightly by the clemency plea for Dogri Thulebane on the grounds of loyalty to the people of Crows Keep and Skarsind. This was on the grounds that his actions had the direct consequence of leading to the deaths of most of his people, and the destruction of Crows Keep. The clemency pleas for the other accused were accepted on the grounds that it was not within their power to legally prevent the battle and their virtue compelled them to act.		Dogri Thulebane, Ranulph six lives and Mhira Valoing plead guilty and clemency was plead by Jorma Steelhail for the first two named accused (on grounds of loyalty and courage, respectively) and by Cerwynn Brackensong for Mhira, on the grounds of loyalty.		Guilty. Dogri Thulebane was sentenced to death. By their request this was to be carried out by Mother Thane of Wintermark by sundown. Subsequently the court acquiesced to a request for him to die in battle, before sundown. The other accused were discharged without further punishment. Magistrate Reinholz