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After the Roman army retreated from Britain, Roman Emperor Justinian wrote a volume which summarised the basis of Roman law.
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Anglo Saxon kings convert from Paganism to Christianity and establish the authority of the Catholic Church in Britain
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Established criminal law procedures in an attempt to control the unlawful areas of Britain in Henry II reign.
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The Catholic Church condemns trial by ordeal.
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Justices of the Peace were local landowners who were given the power to hear less serious crimes. They held quarter session courts four times a year and eventually took over hundreds courts and sheriffs’ courts.
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The first vagrancy act which stated “every beggar suitable to work shall resort to the Hundred where he last dwelled and there remain”
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Second vagrancy act which forced beggars to work and gave harsh punishments if they didn't. It was repealed as was impossible to enforce.
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This ensured that deserving poor received money and taxes, yet still punished begging harshly. Those found begging were sent to houses of correctment.
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Oliver Cromwell and other radical MPs tried Charles and upon finding him guilty, executed him.
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This is the time where the majority of the bloody code occured. In 1688 there were 50 crimes punishable by death, in 1765 there were 160, and in 1815 there were 225.
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Rebellions in Scotland against the British monastry, which failed.
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Allowed criminals who claimed benefit of clergy to be punished by transportation rather than the death penalty.
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Thief Taker General of Great Britain and Ireland, Wild's execution had a carnival atmosphere and tickets were sold months in advance so people could get the best vantage points.
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Created by John and Henry Fielding, the policemen operated out of Bow Street Courts in London.
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American Independance Day.
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In St Peter's Fields, Manchester, drunk yeomanry took their swords out on a crowd of 50,000 people in order to get to the main speakers, who were talking of parlimanetary reforms.
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Sir Robert Peel reduces the number of offences punishable by death by over 100.
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A group of six men from Dorset refused to work for less than ten shillings a week, and swore an oath to each other. Parliament sentenced them each to seven years transportation, there were 800,000 signatures for their return.
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King Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, begins his reign and starts to write his Codes of Law
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