Punishment_of_Burning_in_the_Hand_Act_1799

Punishment of Burning in the Hand Act 1799

Punishment of Burning in the Hand Act 1799

British legislation

The Punishment of Burning in the Hand Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 45) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.[1] It continued and made perpetual an Act from 20 years earlier, the Transportation, etc. Act 1779, that provided for such punishment for felons who were convicted within benefit of clergy.

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    Mark Baskett, and by the assigns of Robert Baskett, and by Henry Woodfall and William Strahan (1800). The Statutes at Large: From Magna Carta, to the End of the Last Parliament. p. 112.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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