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This monument was placed at Charing Cross, St Helier recently, there was a little disaster when they were placing the column - it fell and split in half !

This is where the former prison was sited, the toad is said to signify the area was once a marsh, put actually it represents the nickname for Jersey people which is "Crapauds" which is French for frogs.

The column has a legal guidline of 1698 engraved on it vertically.

I actually like the sculpture, but it has come in for a lot of public criticism as the Island is known for its naff and overpriced monuments. I got all sorts of weird and wonderful looks when I was photographing it .

It was paid for privately

The engraved writing is as follows

Code Le Geyt 1698 - Of crimes and their punishment. Petty larceny is on the first occasion only punished by caning, on the second by the lash, and the third by the lash with a cutting of an ear, banishment or hanging. Aggravated larceny is on the first occasion punished by death. Murder that is to say homicide with premeditation always carries confiscation both of the body and of goods. Parricides are hanged, drawn and strangled on the gibbet. Fornication for common people is punished by the cane and adultery the whip, for other persons there are pecuniary fines. Bigamy, incest and rape are punished with death. The punishment for perjury is the pillory. For aggravated crimes such as poisoning, assassination, arson, the body remains on the gibbet until it rots. In the case of sodomy and sorcery the criminal is drawn and hanged and his body burned. Every sentence involving loss of life or limb must be executed solemnly after the publication with an injunction to all school masters to bring their pupils to witness
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