In 1544, in Beauvais, France, locusts were accused of crop destruction.
Similarly, locusts were also held responsible for crop destruction in the past. In 1544 in France, farmers from the Beauvais region brought a group of locusts to trial, holding them accountable for the devastation of their fields and crops. The farmers argued that the locusts had intentionally and deliberately consumed their fields and, therefore, should compensate them for their losses.
