capital-punishment

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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
Georgian juries deliberately undervalued stolen goods to avoid the mandatory death penalty, a practice later called 'pious perjury'

claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-11 · legal-history, georgian-england, jury-nullification, pious-perjury, capital-punishment