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However, by end of the 18th century, comparably-easy access to rifles increasingly allowed peasants and servants to poach. [14] Hunting was used in the 18th century as a theatrical [ clarification needed ] demonstration of the aristocratic rule of the land and also had a strong impact on land use patterns. [ 15 ]
As the 18th century proceeded, jurors often deliberately under-assessed the value of stolen goods in order to avoid a mandatory death sentence. [9] In the Kingdom of Ireland , a subordinate but separate state, a similar "Bloody Code" existed, but there were not as many capital crimes.
12.5 18th century. 12.6 19th century. ... ordered by their known or approximate date of disappearance from oldest to most recent. ... poaching, and deforestation. [339]
The dates for each age can vary by region. ... 18th centuries) Petrine Era (Russia, 1689–1725) Age of Enlightenment (or Reason) (Europe, 18th century) Scientific ...
The Statute of 1745 is considered the leading statute for smuggling law in 18th-century England as it makes the greatest effort to convict offenders and to sentence those convicted to death. This statute, part of the Bloody Code , further extended the means by which a person could be convicted for smuggling and put to death without benefit of ...
Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief, and killer.
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The Act 9 Geo. 1.c. 22, commonly known as the Black Act, [2] or the Waltham Black Act, [3] and sometimes called the Black Act 1722, [4] the Black Act 1723, [5] the Waltham Black Act 1722, [6] the Criminal Law Act 1722, [7] or the Criminal Law Act 1723, [8] [9] was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.