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crime and punishment in 18th century England. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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harsh and often deadly. However, it seems that much of the punishment was perhaps more fair and more lenient as it involved actual aggressive authorities. This was certainly the case
in 18th century England. This is not to say that violent and severe punishment was not part of the law enforcement industry of the time, but that punishment was not
necessarily something that was always cut and dried, even though a great deal of capitol punishment did take place. Bearing that in mind the following paper examines crime and punishment
in 18th century England. Crime and Punishment in 18th Century England In first examining crime and punishment in 18th century England we look at the existence of capital punishment,
the most commonly understood form of punishment in times gone by. One author notes that "In eighteenth-century English law, the idea of a felony is so generally connected with that
of capital punishment."1 In further supporting these statements the author presents an excerpt from a historical document that illustrates some of the standards set in the field of crime and
punishment: "that we find it hard to separate them; and to this usage the interpretations of the law do now conform. And therefore if a statute makes any new offense
felony, the law implies that it shall be punished with death, viz., by hanging as well as forfeiture: unless the offender prays the benefit of clergy; which all felons are
entitled once to have, provided the same is not expressly taken away by statue."2 We then note that in 1795 there was something known as the Bloody Code. This code
would essentially "include over two hundred felonies that are punishable by execution. They are not only such crimes as treason, arson, murder, and rape, but also burglary, robbery, animal theft,
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