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Crime and Criminality

These Acts of Parliament relate to various crimes, law enforcement and prosecution; as well as watches, constabularies and other efforts to control crime. To ease your search for specific topics, keywords in each act are highlighted in red. By simply scanning through the chronological list, you should easily be able to narrow in on desired items. Through the reign of George II, acts are listed by the year in which the Parliamentary session ends ; from George III on they are by date of passage .

The Acts are listed according to the reigns of the British Kings and Queens.
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William and Mary 1689-1702

Anne 1702-1714

George I 1714-1727

George II 1727-1760

George III 1760-1820

George IV 1820-1830

William IV 1830-1837

Victoria 1837-1901

Reign of George II

• [Anno 2, p.411-12]. ... Trial of Murders, in Cases where either the Stroke, or Death, only happens, within ... England. $18
• [Anno 2, p.455-58]. ... preventing, and further Punishment of Forgery, Perjury, and ... to make it a Felony to steal Bonds, Notes or other Securities. $22
• [Anno 2, p.527-531]. ... to impower His Majesty ... to grant the Office of the Warden of the Prison of the Fleet. ... and to incapacitate said Thomas Bambridge to enjoy the said Office ... $20

• [Anno 5, p.459-92]. ...to prevent the committing of Frauds by Bankrupts. $22

• [Anno 7, p.335-36]. ... more effectual preventing the Forging ... [punishable by death]. $18

• [Anno 9, p.247-55]. ... better regulating the Nightly Watch and Bedels within the Parish of Saint Paul, Covent Garden ... $25
• [Anno 9, p.299-310]. better regulating the Nightly Watch and Bedels within the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist within ... Westminster. $25
• [Anno 9, p.319-26]. ... better regulating the Nightly Watch and Bedels within the Parish of Saint Anne ... Westminster. $25
• [Anno 9, p.331-41]. ... for the better enlightening of the Streets of the City of London. $20

• [Anno 18, p.631-34]. ... preventing the Stealing of Linen, Fustian, and Cotton Goods and Wares, in ... Places used for Printing, Whitening, Bleaching or Drying ... $22
• [Anno 18, 639-43]. ... to indemnify Persons who have bee guilty of unlawful importing, landing, or running of prohibited, uncustomed, or other Goods ... $25

• [Anno 19, p.527-40]. ... for the further Punishment of Persons going armed or disguised, in Defiance of the Laws of Customs and Excise; ... and for the Relief of Officers of the Customs in Informations upon Seizures. $22

• [Anno 22, p.531-32]. ... remedying Inconveniences ... on the Statutes of Hue and Cry. $15

• [Anno 24, p.663-82]. ... for cleaning and enlightening the open Places, Streets, and other Passages; and regulating the nightly Watch and Bedels in the Parish of Saint Mathew Bethnal Green ... $20

• [Anno 28, p.431-35]. ... making perpetual an Act ... for the better preventing of Thefts and Robberies, ... punishing Persons keeping disorderly Houses; ... selling ... Liquors without Licence ... preventing the burning or destroying of Goss, Furze or Fern ... [etc.] $18

Reign of George III

• [Anno 42, Cap.119]. ... to supress certain Games and Lotteries not authorized by Law. $18

• [Anno 56, Cap 138]. ... to abolish the Punishment of the Pillory, except in certain Cases. $20

Reign of George IV

• [Anno 5, Cap 108]. ... for transferring to the East India Company certain Possessions ... in the East Indies, and for authorizing the Removal of Convicts from Sumatra. $22

Reign of William IV

• [Anno 1, Cap.37]. ... to amend an Act ... to facilitate Criminal Trials in Scotland, and to abridge the Period ... between the pronouncing of Setence and Execution ... [of] Capital Punishment. (With accompanying schedule outlining trials and punishments.) $35

• [Anno 6&7, Cap 57]. ... for the Prevention and Punishment of Offences committed ... within certain Territories adjacent to ... the Cape of Good Hope. $15

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