4/9/2023 0 Comments Why were duels outlawedThree shots later, it was all over better said the duel was, but not the repercussions. The two men met, together with their seconds, on the Hacienda del Rosario on the outskirs of Sevilla at five in the afternoon -none of this uncivilised ‘at dawn’ stuff. This was not one of the poncy affairs that concluded with first blood draw, but only to be concluded with a serious wound or death. They weren’t needed as the Marqués received a well-aimed bullet in the heart. The weapons were rifled pistols and french swords as standby just in neither could hit a barn door as the established 15 paces. Pistol duelling went out with a bang – never better said – in Spain thanks to a very controversial duel in 1904 in Sevilla involving the Marqués de Pickman and his wife’s lover.
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