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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 653

Crime and Punishment The Legal Process 1716, 1729 and 1839 printed Acts of Parliament: 1716 relating to the financial compensation and provision of employment to ´Officers and Soldiers as have been in Her Majesties Service, during the late War…´; 1729 for the relief of debtors imprisoned for amounts less £100; 1839 ´An Act for the better ordering of Prisons´ - this was one of the many great ´Reforms´ of the early Victorian era and introduced a number of fundamental changes to a system which was widely acknowledged as being corrupt and arbitrary in its treatment of inmates; a fine and fresh trio Estimate £ 300-400

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