Word: stableman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...miracle happens just as the soldiers are stringing Azdak up. The Grand Duke, restored to power, names him judge, and Azdak challenges the accepted idea of justice by simply inverting it. In one case, for example, a stableman is accused of raping a farmer's daughter; Azdak lays the blame on her. "Do you imagine you can run around with a behind like that and get away with it in court?" he asks. "This is a case of intentional assault with a dangerous weapon...