 Under this act,' the Shop-lifting Act, 'one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention; it was at the time when press- warrants were issued, on the alarm about Falkland Islands. The woman's husband was pressed, their goods seized for some...  Celebrated Naval and Military Trials - Seite 151von Peter Burke - 1866 - 399 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 Seiten
...penal jurisprudence. Speaking of the shop-lifting act, Sir William MEREDITH said, " Under this act, one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention. It was at the time when press-warrants were issued, on the alarm about the Falkland Islands. The woman's hwband was pressed,... | |
 | 1879 - 674 Seiten
...against the Draconian legislation of the age, he says : "Under this Act— 'The Shoplifting Act'— one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention...when press warrants were issued on the alarm about Falkland Islands" (ie in 1770). He then gives the well-known and affecting details, and adds : " Take... | |
 | 1879 - 566 Seiten
...the Draconian legislation of the age, he says : " Under this Act — ' The Shoplifting Act '—one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention...when press warrants were issued on the alarm about Falkland Islands" (ie in 1770). He then gives the well-known and affecting details, and adds : " Take... | |
 | Aaron Venable Brown - 1854 - 608 Seiten
...as to make it death to lift anything off the counter with intent to steal. Under this act, one Maiy Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention : It was at a time, when press-warrants were issued on the alarm about the Falkland Islands. The woman's husband... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 828 Seiten
...executed. The woman's husband was pressed, dren to eat, and they were almost naked: ana perhap* «* their goods seized for some debts of his, and she, with two might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew •mall children, turned into the streets a begging.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 1016 Seiten
...was executed. The woman's husband -mispressed, dren to eat, and they were almost naked: and perhMJ their goods seized for some debts of his, and she, with two might have done something wrong, for she hardly I email children, turned into the streets a begging.... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1857 - 136 Seiten
...the shop-lifting Act " (says Sir William Meredith, addressing the House of Commons in 1777), " one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention. It was at the time when press-warrants were issued on the alarm about Falkland Islands. The woman's husband was pressed, their... | |
 | 1859 - 370 Seiten
...so far as to make it death to lift anything off a counter with intent to steal. Under this act, one Mary Jones was executed, whose' case I shall just...when press warrants were issued on the alarm about Falkland Islands. The woman's husband was pressed, their goods seized for some debts of his, and .... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 604 Seiten
...in Parliament, " on Frequent Executions," made in 17,7. "Under this act," the Shop-lifting Act, "one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention...when press warrants were issued, on the alarm about Falkland Islands. The woman's husband was pressed, their goods seized for some debts of his, and she,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 522 Seiten
...predecessor, by disinterring all the cheese and halfpence he had buried in the garden — a work of immense executed, whose case I shall just mention ; it was...when press warrants were issued, on the alarm about Falkland Islands. The woman's husband was pressed, their goods seized for some debts of his, and she,... | |
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