Based cinema pioneer killed his wife's lover and was acquitted because it was deemed a justified murder

[grondilu]

Stumbled upon this story while reading about cinema on Wikipedia. Complete story is told in this article :

Did Eadweard J. Muybridge get away with murder?

Before Eadweard J. Muybridge completed his breakthrough work in film, for which he earned a Google doodle Monday, the photographer killed a man. History may have been very different if Eadweard J. Muybridge had gone to jail.

www.csmonitor.com

Muybridge married the 21-year-old Flora Stone in 1872. They had a baby boy, Floredo Helios Muybridge, two years later. But Muybridge thought Floredo might not have been his son. He discovered a series of letters between his wife and drama critic Major Harry Larkyns, according to Stanford Magazine. She even sent a picture of Floredo to Larkyns with the caption “Little Harry.”


Muybridge decided to take matters into his own hands. He shot Larkyns through the heart. When Muybridge was put on trial in 1875, he pleaded insanity, but then changed his defense to “justifiable homicide,” or killing without bad intent.

This argument most likely wouldn’t have held up in US court today, but murder laws were much more subjective in the 19th century California. Thus, the jury let him go.

That's a sex-havers story but I thought you guys might enjoy it, though I bet many of you will say he should have killed the wife, too .

 

[Deleted member 35110]

That's a sex-havers story but I thought you guys might enjoy it, though I bet many of you will say he should have killed the wife, too .

Both deserve it tbh

 

[Deleted member 3129]

he shouldve killed the cheating wife, not the chad

 

[Mecoja]

Every cucking should play out like this tbh.

 

[JoeBruhcel]

he shouldve killed the cheating wife, not the chad

Should've killed them BOTH.

 

[PPEcel]

normalfags lol

 

[GhostedPhantom]

though I bet many of you will say he should have killed the wife, too

Damn right I will (in Minecraft).

Should've killed them BOTH.

(Sadly, if he had done that, he would be rotting in prison because how dare he hurt a sweet little angelic woman. It would still be worth it though.)

 

[over4men]

even though the wife deserved it too that's still pretty good since the whore probably ended up struggling without the chad's child buxx

 

[grondilu]

even though the wife deserved it too that's still pretty good since the whore probably ended up struggling without the chad's child buxx

Agreed. A fair châtiment would have been to abandon the wife and her bastard. Especially in 19th century, as I imagine she would have likely turn to prostitution. I don't know what eventually happened though, I didn't look that much into the story.

 

[FuRed]

OJ shit nice

 

[LOLI BREEDING]

did the chad know he was cucking? if yes deserved
the wife should go in either case.
this should be standard today but alas. "social stability" (shlomo not getting his wagecucks ERd) is more important than marriage/family stability

 

[grondilu]

An other interesting take on the case :

Muybridge made no attempt to escape and the policeman who arrested him noted that he was “very cool for one who had just killed a man”. Even when he was remanded in custody, the press reported him to be “very calm and collected, and apparently feeling entirely justifiable in the killing of Larkyns”. His remarkable self-confidence was well-founded. Within four months a local jury decided unanimously that he was not guilty. Reporters said the courtroom “shook with applause” at the verdict. Muybridge’s murder of his wife’s lover was, the jury said, wholly in accordance “with the law of human nature” and they decided “they could not conscientiously punish him for doing what they would have done themselves

The Scoundrel Harry Larkyns by Rebecca Gowers review – murder by Edward Muybridge

The colourful life of a 19th-century ne’er-do-well, whose murderer – the famous photographer Muybridge – walked free

www.theguardian.com

O tempora, o mores!

I'm not surprised by his calm behavior after the killing. He acted according to his conscience and felt utterly satisfied once he did. I've never killed anyone, but I know what it's like to finally do something you felt deeply compelled to do.