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" If a man injured Westminster Bridge, he was hanged. If he appeared disguised on a public road, he was hanged. If he cut down young trees; if he shot at rabbits; if he stole property valued at five shillings ; if he stole anything at all from a bleachfield... "
The 19th Century: A History - Page 15
by Robert Mackenzie - 1880 - 83 pages
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The Influence of Beranger and His Lyric Poems Upon the Bourbon Dynasty in ...

Baron Louis Benas - 1881 - 238 pages
...seems at first that there can scarcely be two hundred and twentythree human actions worthy of even the mildest censure, but our stern fathers found that...five shillings ; if he stole anything at all from a bleach field : if he wrote a threatening letter to extort money ; if he returned prematurely from transportation...
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On the desert. Author's ed

Henry Martyn Field - 1884 - 312 pages
...the reigns of the Georges. It seems at first that there can scarcely be two hundred and twenty -three human actions worthy even of the mildest censure....five shillings ; if he stole anything at all from a bleachfield ; if he wrote a threatening letter to extort money ; flicted only for crimes which struck...
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A sketch of the life and times of ... Sydney Smith

Stuart Johnson Reid - 1884 - 480 pages
...legacy of the Dark Ages, for 156 of them bore no remoter date than the reigns of the Georges. * * * If a man injured Westminster Bridge, he was hanged....he shot at rabbits; if he stole property valued at 5s.; if he stole anything at all from a bleachfield; if he wrote a threatening letter to extort money;...
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The Three Reforms of Parliament: A History, 1830-1885

William Heaton - 1885 - 338 pages
...to do little more than tabulate the measures that were subsequently carried, before, thirty of even the mildest censure. But our stern fathers found that...five shillings, if he stole anything at all from a bleachfield, if he wrote a threatening letter to extort money, if he returned prematurely from transportation...
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Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis

Josiah Strong - 1885 - 292 pages
...charged— toll, one penny; pitching, three pence." two hundred and twenty-three capital offences. "If a man injured Westminster Bridge, he was hanged....five shillings; if he stole anything at all from a bleach field; if he wrote a threatening letter to extort money; if he returned prematurely from transportation...
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A Sketch of the Life and Times of the Rev. Sydney Smith ...: Based on Family ...

Stuart Johnson Reid - 1885 - 448 pages
...legacy of the Dark Ages, for 156 of them bore no remoter date than the reigns of the Georges. * * * If a man injured Westminster Bridge, he was hanged....he shot at rabbits ; if he stole property valued at 5«. ; if he stole anything at all from a bleachfield ; if he wrote a threatening letter to extort...
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Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis

Josiah Strong - 1885 - 266 pages
...charged— toll, one penny ; pitching, three pence." two hundred and twenty-three capital offences. "If a man injured Westminster Bridge, he was hanged....If he cut down young trees ; if he shot at rabbits j if he stole property valued at five shillings j if he stole anything at all from a bleach field;...
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Proceedings of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Volumes 43-44

Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1889 - 852 pages
...scarcely be two hundred and twentvthree human actions worthy of even the mildest censure, but our stem fathers found that number worthy of death. If a man...five shillings ; if he stole anything at all from a bleach field : if he wrote a threatening letter to extort money ; if he returned prematurely from transportation...
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The Evolution of Woman: An Inquiry Into the Dogma of Her Inferiority to Man

Eliza Burt Gamble - 1894 - 398 pages
...House of Commons to any law imposing the penalty of death. If one shot a rabbit he was hanged ; if he injured Westminster Bridge he was hanged ; if he appeared disguised on a public road he was hanged, and so on. The hanging of small groups was a common occurrence — children of ten years being sometimes...
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Sydney Smith et la renaissance des idées libérales en Angleterre au XIXe siècle

André Chevrillon - 1894 - 452 pages
...recognized 223 capital offences, of which 156 bore no remoter date than the reigns of thé Georges. If a man injured Westminster Bridge, he was hanged....appeared disguised on a public road, he was hanged. If he eut down young trees, if he shot at rabbits, if he stole property valued at 5 shillings, if he stole...
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