Vagrancy in law and practice under the old poor law
By: Audrey Eccles
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781409404873; 9781409404880
Subjects: Contraventions (Criminal law); Vagrancy; Poor laws; History
Description: In 18th-century England, the law surrounding vagrancy was complicated, and practice stood in complex relationship to law. Drawing on archival research and study of both statute law and local administrative records, this book examines the complexities of vagrancy law and the realities of its practice during the long 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of vagrancy law; title: Processing the vagrants; title: Vagrancy law in practice; title: Lying in upon the road; title: Vagrancy law and coping with poor sick travellers; title: The prosecution of vagrancy crime; title: The punishment of vagrancy crime; title: Offences within the 1744 vagrant act; title: The causes of vagrancy.