Their are many famous trial, that has shaped our country to what it is today. McCulloch vs. Maryland in 1819 due to this particular trial the states maintain more power than the government. Board of Education vs. Barnett in 1943, ruling that student can not be expelled for refusing to sault the flag. Buckley vs. Valeo in 1976, set the Campaign Finance Laws. The most popular of course was Tinker vs. Des Moines School. The traditional freedom of speech rights during the Vietnam War. Through out history, we as a nation has gone through many trials, but one in particular out shine the moral concept of law. New Jersey vs. The Tomato, funny right? on September 25th 1820, the tomato was put on trial. During this time period this was an important trial as in life or death.
On September 25th, 1820, Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson stood on the steps of the courthouse in Salem, Massachusetts with a basket of potentially toxic fruit. Despite warnings that its poison would turn his blood to acid, he told several hundred cheering spectators that he planned to eat the entire basket and survive.
"The foolish Colonel will foam and froth at the mouth," his own doctor shouted, "and double over with appendicitis. All that oxalic acid, one dose and he is dead. He might even be exposing himself to brain fever. Should he by some unlikely chance survive his skin will stick to his stomach and cause cancer."
Johnson, wearing black, ate the entire basket and indeed survived. The source of this story was an old farm journal, and may be less than reliable. If it is true, he was lucky those fruit were Tomatoes which as the evidence shows are Evil.
"The foolish Colonel will foam and froth at the mouth," his own doctor shouted, "and double over with appendicitis. All that oxalic acid, one dose and he is dead. He might even be exposing himself to brain fever. Should he by some unlikely chance survive his skin will stick to his stomach and cause cancer."
Johnson, wearing black, ate the entire basket and indeed survived. The source of this story was an old farm journal, and may be less than reliable. If it is true, he was lucky those fruit were Tomatoes which as the evidence shows are Evil.
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