Vagrancy in law and practice under the old poor law / Audrey Eccles

Author:: Eccles, Audrey
Published:: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: xii, 249 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

The history of vagrancy law -- Processing the vagrants -- Vagrancy law in practice -- Lying in upon the road -- Vagrancy law and coping with poor sick travellers -- The prosecution of vagrancy crime -- The punishment of vagrancy crime -- Offences within the 1744 Vagrant Act -- The causes of vagrancy.

Subject(s):

Vagrancy—Great Britain—History—18th century
Contraventions (Criminal law)—Great Britain—History—18th century
Poor laws—Great Britain—History—18th century

ISBN:

9781409404873 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1409404870 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781409404880 (ebook)
1409404889 (ebook)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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