{
  "id": 1021196,
  "title": "Swiping a few apples may have ended in a beating in 19th century Estonia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/swiping-a-few-apples-may-have-ended-in-a-beating-in-19th-century",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-15T11:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ERR News Estonia",
    "slug": "err-news-estonia",
    "url": "https://news.err.ee/1610111158/swiping-a-few-apples-may-have-ended-in-a-beating-in-19th-century-estonia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nowadays, those caught pilfering peas or apples from someone else's field or garden may justify it as a folk tradition. In the 19th century, however, getting caught meant a trip to court and a sound thrashing as punishment.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}