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.
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