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The famous gravestone of George Johnson in the Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona 🇺🇸 The epitaph tells the story of an injustice from 1882: In 1882 George Johnson thought he had legitimately purchased a horse. But it turned out that he had unknowingly bought the animal from a man whom had stolen it. When Johnson took possession he was then accused of horse theft. He was hanged despite his pleas that he had no prior knowledge the horse was stolen. It wasn't until after his death that it was determined he had told the truth. © Reddit #archaeohistories