Accuser's Crime

The accused person who committed the crime was only given the boot if it was felony (a serious crime).
The accusers foot was shackled into the boot, the boot was made of an absorbing leather, the accuser would then have boiling water poured into the boot; then the torturer would leave the boiling water in the boot, if the accusers crime was really bad they would add wood inside the boot and pour oil in as well. This expanded the wood and cut off circulation to the foot. If the accuser was super bad crime they would afterward would sometimes receive a foot press torture as well. This consisted of iron plates that, by use of a crank, would tighten around the foot to cut the flesh and break the bones of the foot. Sometimes, sharp spikes were