Those that were to live wept bitterly; while those doomed to die, without exception dropped on their knees, and, with dry eyes, thanked God they were to be delivered from such a place. different realities and reactions this practice. The trials in these cases in 1833 was moved from Sydney to the island. The number of these killings then came to decline but not vanish. Eventually a rebellion on Norfolk Island was conceived and then failed on January 15th 1834. The hangings for the rebellion were to take place on September 22nd and23rd. Of thirty-one condemned men, eighteen were to live and thirteen to be hanged. The Catholic priest William Ullathorne describes the reaction in this way: The reaction in this case is not particularly surprising as at least the more than five months before the trial and possibly also the following two months before the execution were filled with floggings, torture, and general cruelty against those suspected of having been part of the rebellion.649 Cases from three continents have been mentioned, but probably they have occurred in many more places. Sadly, but inevitable, an emphasis here has been put on the countries, Sweden, Denmark, and the German states where specific legislation was enacted and the research on these crimes also is concentrated. A factor to be considered is the earlier development of psychiatry in organisation and debate on the British Isles, in France, and in Germany. This is one of many examples of the quiet revolution we often call the Enlightenment, and which we still live with. Of importance is also the here and there demonstrated and not surprising reality that the criminals through their actions to a large extent have brought development forward. Legislation and other responses have often been the result of either singular significant crimes or of several such impacting together. 649 Ullathorne 1963 p 40 sqq (qoutation p 42), Hughes 1987 p 467 sqq. 185
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