What crimes were punishable by death in the Middle Ages – Victorian Era?
So for I have found
Murder
Treason
Stealing from a shipwreck
Damaging Westminster Bridge
Stealing goods valued at five shillings (25p) or more
Piracy
Highway robbery
Stealing letters
Poaching
Blacking yourself up at night
Impersonating a Chelsea Pensioner
Cutting down young trees
Gay sex
Begging without a license if you are a soldier or sailor
Being in the company of gypsies for a month
“Strong evidence of malice” in children 7-14 years old
Stealing horses or sheep
Performing a post quickening abortion
Writing a threatening letter
Arson in the docks
Witchcraft
Destroying turnpike roads
Unmarried mother concealing a stillborn child
Stealing from a rabbit warren
Espionage
Robbery in dwelling house
House breaking
High Treason Coining
Stealing in a shop
Privately stealing from a person (Pick pocketing)
Returning from transportation
Sacrilege
Are there any more?
Get yourself a copy of Blackwell’s Commentaries on the English Law, first published in the early 1600s. Best source for this info. BTW, a shilling was not 5 pence, I think it was 12.
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