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Used up until 1827 when it was replaced by the Met police Act. When it failed, a coroner was informed who formed a posse to find the criminal
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He invaded England and started changing a few laws, introduced a feudal system. William built a lot of castles for saftey using local land which caused bitter resentment towards the Normans. Because of this he had to introduce the Murdrum fine
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The entire region had to pay an expensive fine if a Norman was killed and no one owned up to it
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Introduced county jails, royal judges and jury trials under King Henry the second
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Banned by Pope Innocent the third
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Burning and whipping for first offense. For second offense execution
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Built in every county to punish and employ persistant beggers
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Vagabond act 1572 was repealed as it was to harsh and replaced by the 1531 act
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Poor rates had to be paid by the locals and collected by local parish offices and the money was used to support the "deserving" poor
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Matthew Hopkins was known as the witchfinder general. Around 250 cases of witchcraft were recorded between the years 1645 and 1647 with Hopkins convicting most of these with his partner John Stearne. Most convictions happened during times of uncertainty like the English Civil war(1642-1649)
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It prevented authorities from imprisoning a person for an indefinate time without charging the person with a crime
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The number of crimes that could recieve the death penalty increased. 1688 - 50 crimes punishable by death, 1765 - 160, 1815 - 225
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Influenced by John Howard and ELizabeth Fry. It brought about the following changes: male and female prisoners were to be seperated, Prison wardens and governers were to be paid, prisoners should have access to healthy food as well as fresh water, split the prisoners apart based on if they were reoffenders, focused on reform through prison chaplains
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