Vagrancy in law and practice under the old poor law [electronic resource] / Audrey Eccles.
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TextPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2012.Description: xii, 249 p., 10 p. of plates : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 345.42/024809033 23
- KD8079 .E23 2012eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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