The Trial by Ordeal

The boy was identified as a 12-year-old named William, son of two nearby villagers. Despite there being very little in the way of clues to identify the boy's killer, his parents evidently had their mind made up concerned who was to blame. Given that William was employed as an apprentice tanner, it occasionally had been in contact with some Jewish members of the community. But his family had become enraged at the idea of him working alongside people of a different religion or background. The entire belief that local Jewish people were to blame seems to be based solely on a nightmare which William's aunt had. In this nightmare, the aunt said the Jews had attacked her on a quiet road before tearing