They used a method of interrogation that was based in superstition and that was entirely unscientific; they would place a string on the ground and one by one people would walk on the string, drink liquor, walk back across the string, and whoever was stoned during the process was declared guilty.
その方法とは、一本の紐を地面の上に置き、1人ずつその紐の上を歩いて前進し、酒を飲んで元に戻るというもので、その間に石を投げられた者が犯人とする非科学的・迷信的手法であった。