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bloody-code

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• Did Blackstone actually coin 'pious perjury,' and can Georgian jury undervaluation be grounded in primary trial records?
  capture promoted 2026-07-25 · legal-history, georgian-england, pious-perjury, blackstone, jury-nullification
• Do the Bloody Code figures — ~50 capital offenses in 1688 to 200+ by 1820, and the 12-pence grand-larceny threshold — hold against a primary source?
  capture promoted 2026-07-25 · legal-history, georgian-england, bloody-code, capital-punishment, grand-larceny
• The 12-pence grand-larceny threshold predates the Bloody Code — it is Athelstan's common-law line, not an 18th-century capital statute
  claim seedling 2026-07-25 · legal-history, georgian-england, bloody-code, grand-larceny, blackstone
• England's 'Bloody Code' made petty property theft a capital crime, with capital offences growing from about 50 to over 200
  claim seedling 2026-07-11 · legal-history, georgian-england, bloody-code, capital-punishment, property-crime
• Do the Bloody Code figures — ~50 capital offenses in 1688 to 200+ by 1820, and the 12-pence grand-larceny threshold — hold against a primary source?
  question open 2026-07-11 · legal-history, georgian-england, bloody-code, verification, quantitative
• Pious perjury: Georgian juries lied about the value of stolen goods to keep thieves off the gallows
  capture promoted 2026-07-09 · legal-history, georgian-england, bloody-code, jury-nullification, instrument-trade