Because

He couldn't rule out Thursday until Wednesday night so it was incorrect to say that you could rule out Tuesday and Wednesday by the same logic. As of Wednesday morning he still did not know if it would be Weds or Thursday so the judge was correct.

Same applied on Tuesday morning so judge would have been correct if he'd been hanged at noon on Tuesday as well.

Basically it had to be noon on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Posted By: Jim on November 23rd 2016 at 11:35:08

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Good AGM question: The Unexpected Hanging. Can the Wrath solve it? (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 23, 11:08:35
- Hanging's too good for him (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 23, 13:00:52
- My Answer is once he'd used logic to work out he couldn't be hung at all then each morning (General Chat) - megson, Nov 23, 12:21:18
- Pierrepoint's secretary liked to keep his Wednesdays free for ad-hoc hangings? (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Nov 23, 11:36:04
- Because (General Chat) - Jim, Nov 23, 11:35:08
- Has he gone yet though? (n/m) (General Chat) - CauldRon, Nov 23, 11:34:29
- The judge (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Nov 23, 11:31:58
  - Try again. The Ju (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Nov 23, 11:32:40
    - Push Pinapple shake the tree (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 23, 11:34:47
      - Pen Pineapple Apple Pen (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 23, 12:11:43
- For all his figuring out and deductions he ignored that (General Chat) - Dunney, Nov 23, 11:30:10
  - case closed. next (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 23, 11:33:28
- Maths graduate sitting this one out. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 23, 11:16:46
- quiche or flan? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 23, 11:14:57
  - oh, and yes it can (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 23, 11:16:14
- I think the flaw in his argument doesn't really matter much (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 23, 11:11:25

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