Stova er tidlegast sett opp sommaren 1666, og blei flytt til ny tomt i 1931. Dette var det fyrste huset som vart flytt til museet. Stova fungerte som tinghus i Hol og Ål frå 1671-1738, då Ål og Hol hadde felles tinglag fram til 1877. Stova blei seinare innreidd av Kristen Aanstad (1746-1832), frå Gudbrandsdalen, i siste halvdel av 1700-talet. Det er han som har rosemåla inventaret.
«Dumme Sevat»
Sevat Rønningen, kalla «Dumme Sevat» var dauv eller stum. Han og mor hans budde i kleven i tingstugu fram til 1922. Sevat reiste rundt med lirekasse og spelte for folk, og tente til livets opphald ved å gjere det. Han kommuniserte med andre ved at han hadde med ei tavle og ein griffel (kritt), som han skreiv med.
Fange-Liv
Det mest kjende rettsmøtet i Tingstugu var då Fange-Liv, Liv Engebretsdotter Arnegard (f. kring 1705), vart dømt til døden 14. juli 1730 for å ha teke livet av barnet sitt. Ho hadde ikkje fortalt nokon om at ho var med barn, til det var skamma for stor. Nokre dagar før fødselen reiste ho frå Arnegard i Vats der ho hadde budd med foreldra sine, til søskenbarnet sitt på Myking i Kvinnegardslia. Som andre tenestejenter sov ho på fjøshjallen, og ein morgon vart ho funne i fjøset med eit livlaust barn tulla inn i ein hovudklut. Det at ho ikkje hadde tilkalla hjelp vart sett på som at ho hadde meint å ta livet av ungen, sjølv om ho forklara at ho hadde svima av i stigen og landa på fjøsgolvet og blitt liggjande.
Liv vart fengsla på Øvre-Myro i Hol (den gamle lensmannsgarden står der framleis), men etter tre år vart ho fanga i Røldal og ført tilbake til arresten (fengselet). I løpet av dei åra ho var på rømmen hadde ho fått ein unge til. Dommen vart anka, men høgsterett i København stadfesta dødsdommen. Liv vart avretta like etter på «Verpebakken», og truleg gravlagt der. Dette var siste rettssaka i Tingstugu.
ENGLISH:
The house was originally built in the summer of 1666 and was moved to a new site in 1931. This was the first house to be relocated to the museum. The house served as a courthouse for Hol and Ål from 1671 to 1738, when Ål and Hol had a joint court until 1877. It was later furnished by Kristen Aanstad (1746–1832) from Gudbrandsdalen in the latter half of the 18th century. He is the one who painted the furniture with traditional rose decorations.
“Dumme Sevat”
Sevat Rønningen, called “Dumme Sevat” (meaning “Dumb Sevat”), was deaf or mute. He and his mother lived in the kleven (small storage room) in the courthouse until 1922. Sevat traveled around with a hurdy-gurdy, playing for people, earning his living that way. He communicated with others by carrying a slate and chalk, which he used to write messages.
Fange-Liv
The most well-known court case in the courthouse was when Fange-Liv, Liv Engebretsdotter Arnegard (born around 1705), was sentenced to death on July 14, 1730, for having taken the life of her child. She had not told anyone she was pregnant because she was too ashamed. A few days before giving birth, she left Arnegard in Vats, where she had lived with her parents, to go to her cousin at Myking in Kvinnegardslia. Like other farm girls, she slept in the cowshed, and one morning she was found there with a lifeless child wrapped in a headscarf. The fact that she had not called for help was interpreted as meaning she intended to kill the baby, although she explained that she had fainted on the ladder, fallen to the floor, and remained unconscious.
Liv was imprisoned at Øvre-Myro in Hol (the old sheriff’s farm still stands there), but after three years she was caught in Røldal and returned to jail. During the years she was on the run, she had another child. The sentence was appealed, but the Supreme Court in Copenhagen upheld the death penalty. Liv was executed shortly thereafter at “Verpebakken” and was probably buried there. This was the last court case held in the courthouse.
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