Bloody Code
- Created by: mattisrenee
- Created on: 18-01-15 15:05
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- Bloody Code
- 18-19th century
- increase of crimes punishable by death
- murder
- treason
- stealing from a shipwreck
- poaching
- stealing letters
- blacking yourself up at night
- stealing goods up to five shillings
- Judges used lighter sentences to dodge death penalty
- Did not work
- Transportation was used during the 1700s
- By 1861, there only remained four crimes punishable by death; murder, treason, arson in naval dockyards, piracy with violence.
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