A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their PreventionColquhoun, Patrick
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A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention
Colquhoun, Patrick
Crime -- England -- London; Police -- England -- London
18. _Murder_,--with an Imprisonment not less than 30
intention to rob or steal the years, with the hot iron; in
property of the person, or cruel cases, to be closely
other property intrusted to chained, with corporal
his care. punishment[18] every year.
19. Assassination by Condemnation to the Chain,[19]
stratagem, arms, or poison. not less than 30 years.
20. Inducing another to commit Imprisonment not less than 5,
Murder; by caresses, promises, nor more than 8 years, and
presents, or threats; whether condemnation to the public
death is the result or not. works.--If murder is committed,
the criminal shall suffer as a
murderer.
21. _Duelling_,--or If death ensues; condemnation to
challenging another to combat the chain for 30 years, where the
with murderous weapons on survivor is the challenger. If
whatever pretence the challenge the survivor be the party
be grounded.--The person challenged, imprisonment, not
accepting the challenge is more than 12, nor less than 8
equally guilty, after agreeing years, and condemnation to the
to combat with murderous weapons. public works. If neither fall,
imprisonment to the challenger,
not less than 1 month, nor more
than 5 years; and hard labour in
the public works.
22. Accomplices acting as Imprisonment not less than 1,
assistants and seconds. nor more than 5 years.
23. A woman with child using Imprisonment not less than 15,
means to procure abortion. nor more than 30 years; and
condemnation to the public works:
augmented when married women.
24. Accomplices advising and Imprisonment not less than 1
recommending abortion. month, nor more than 5 years,
and condemnation to the public
works.--Punishment increased
when the accomplice is the father
of the infant.
25. Exposing a living infant, Imprisonment not less than 8,
in order to abandon it to danger nor more than 12 years; to be
and death; or to leave its increased under circumstances of
deliverance to chance; whether aggravation.
the infant, so exposed, suffers
death or not.
26. Maiming by malignant Imprisonment not less than 1
assault. month, nor more than 5 years.
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