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Author:
Eccles, Audrey. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81121827
Title:
Vagrancy in law and practice under the old poor law / Audrey Eccles.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xii, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Vagrancy--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Contraventions (Criminal law)--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Poor laws--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
1409404889
9781409404880
1409404870
9781409404873
OCLC:
(OCoLC)781939985
LCCN:
2012012831
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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