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Capital Punishment Act 1820

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1820 c. 115,1 Geo. 4 c. 115
Year1820
Anno Regni GEORGII IV. Britanniarum Regis, Primo. An Act to repeal so much of the several Acts passed in the Thirty ninth Year of the Reign ofElizabeth , the Fourth of George the First, the Fifth and Eighth of George the Second, as inflicts Capital Punishment on certain Offences therein specified, and to provide more suitable and effectual Punishment for such Offences.

(1 Geo. 4) C A P. CXV.

[25th July 1820]

'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Thirty ninth Year of the Reign of Queen , intituledAn Act for taking away of Clergy from Offenders against a certain Statute made in the Third Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, concerning the taking away of Women against their Wills unlawfully , it is amongst other things enacted, that all and every such Person and Personsas at any time after the End of this present Session of Parliament shall be convicted or attainted of or for any Offence, to be committed after the End of this present Session of Parliament, made Felony by the said Act of the Third Year of the Reign of KingHenry the Seventh, or which shall be indicted or arraigned of or for any such Offence, and stand mute or make no direct Answer, or shall challenge peremptorily above the Number of Twenty, shall in every such case lose his and their Benefit of Clergy, and shall suffer Pains of Death without any Benefit of Clergy: And Whereas by an Act passed in the FourthYear of the Reign of KingGeorge the First, intituled An Act for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, and for more effectual Transportation of Felons and unlawful Exporters of Wool, and for declaring the Law upon some Points relating to Pirates , it is amongst other things enacted, that wherever any Person taketh Money or Reward, directly or indirectly, under Pretenceor upon Account of helping any Person or Persons to any stolen Goods or Chattels, every such Person so taking Money or Reward as aforesaid (unless such Person doth apprehend or cause to be apprehended such Felon who stole the same, and cause such Felon to be brought to his Trial for the same, and give Evidence gainst him), shall be guilty of Felony, and suffer the Pains and Penalties of Felony, according to the Nature of the Felony committed in stealing such Goods, and in such and the same Manner as if such Offender had himself stole such Goods and Chattels, in the Manner and with such Circumstances as the same were stolen: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reignof KingGe...

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