On August 8th of 1937 a man was deemed "not guilty" in a Canadian court case after being accused of beating his wife. According to the English Common Law at the time, the man did not act outside of his right to do so. Watch this episode from That Was History to learn more about this strange ruling from history.

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RESOURCES:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law


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