“Then said the eldest, " We did not kill the merchant, the murderer is standing there in the circle," and he pointed to the inn- keeper. " In proof of this, go into his cellar, where many others whom he has killed are still hanging." Then the judge sent the executioner's men thither, and they found it was as the apprentices said, and when they had informed the judge of this, he caused the innkeeper to be led up, and his head was cut off.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 120 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan