HIST 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unlawful Assembly, Summary Jurisdiction, Bonfire
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Hist 3130 popular culture and punishment: old bailey proceedings (cid:862)pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts(cid:863) Judges could choose from a variety of forms of punishment, although usually their options would be limited depending on the nature of the crime and its severity. The classification of felonies were punishable by hanging. Increasingly from mid-18th ce, statute law had i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)ed the phrase (cid:862)death pe(cid:374)alt(cid:455)(cid:863). Misdemeanors were punishable from a variety of corporal/non-capital punishments. Normally offences would be defined with respect to written legislature. The juries could manipulate the charges to a heavier or lighter charge through the use of partial verdicts. Many defendants were given more than one punishment. This is particularly common for those sentenced to the pillory, imprisonment, whipping, and fines and providing sureties for good behaviour. Partial verdicts: juries often found the defendant guilty of a reduced offence, such as theft of goods of a lower value.
