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From: Brian Wheeler <>
Subject: [SXP] Fw: [OXF] Man traps and WHORWOOD and BROME
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 02:07:21 +1200


Hi! I think you will find this interesting particularly the potted Victorian
history site.
Brian Of Hastings UK now of New Zealand Proud to be working on the Freecen
Project http://freecen.rootsweb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jill Bhar" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [OXF] Man traps and WHORWOOD and BROME


: While searching for info on when mantraps were abolished, I came across a
: potted history of the Victorian Age in England, which some might find
: interesting, at
:
: http://twist.lib.uiowa.edu/victlit/19thcentintro.htm
:
: It includes the following:
: "Until 1832 there were 220 offenses for which the death penalty could be
: imposed, among them housebreaking, forgery, and sodomy (still a hangable
: offense until the 1860s). Game laws were very severe; early in the century
: it was illegal for anyone not a squire or squire's eldest son to kill
game;
: a cottager who set traps might be transported for 7 years; mantraps and
: spring-guns could be legally set on poachers. The gentry were also
: magistrates and justices of the peace, and remained rulers of the
: countryside even after the Reform Bill of 1832. "
:
: Jill Bhar
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Eve McLaughlin" <>
: To: <>
: Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:15 PM
: Subject: Re: [OXF] Man traps and WHORWOOD and BROME
:
:
: > In message <>
: > , Stephanie Jenkins <> writes
: > >Dear All
: > >
: > >Does anyone happen to know when man traps were abolished in England?
: > Have a feeling it was not to the 1920s at least - and if they were on
: > private property, some would have been left in place after that, with a
: > plea of ignorance if they worked (oops, the poacher lost his leg? Dear
: > me, how sad)
:
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