Pitcairn Laws
p. 66 · Read in the full issue
PARAGRAPH supplied to the Mel bourne “Herald” by Miss Katherine Welford, after a visit to Pitcairn Island and a study of its laws;— “If a dog damages property, its owner is liable to compensate the property holder, but if the identity of the dog (and its owner) cannot be established all dog-owners must collaborate to make good the damage. If a fowl trespasses on a man’s land, he may shoot it and keep the carcase, and the owner of the fowl must pay for the powder and shot used.
If a man kills a cat he must, unless the cat was killing fowls, destroy 100 rats.
The code follows the principles laid down by God-fearing John Adams, longest lived of Fletcher Christian’s followers,”