Lady Justice

On the Goejanverwelle stands a column with a statue of Lady Justice on it for centuries. The monument is known as "the pillory" or the "jaw". Impeachment was the most common "honour punishment", for such things as perjury, infidelity, burglary and insult.

The image of Lady Justice is special because she is not blindfolded (as is usually the case) and because she is holding the sword in her left hand and the scales in her right, just the opposite of most images of Justice.

On the site of the current café, the "Rechthuis" of Hekendorp, a combination town hall and court house, stood until 1810.

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