The Treason Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain which abolished burning at the stake as the penalty...

30 September 2011. Treason Act 1790 Commentaries on the Laws of England, William Blackstone, Book 4 chapter 14 Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7 c...

first such attempt to end the public burning of women, led to the Treason Act 1790, which abolished the sentence. By the end of the 13th century, several...

was abolished by the Treason Act 1790 in Great Britain and by the Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 in Ireland. The 1814 Act also permitted the King...

replaced with hanging by the Treason Act 1790 and the Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796. The penalty for high treason by counterfeiting or clipping...

Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) or Statute of Treasons is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the...

Parliament passed the Treason Act 1790, which for women guilty of treason substituted hanging for burning. It was followed by the Treason Act 1814, introduced...

Under English common law it was a petty treason until 1828, and until it was altered under the Treason Act 1790 the punishment was to be strangled and...

burning as a method of execution was abolished the next year, by the Treason Act 1790. "Old Bailey Intelligence". The Times. No. 1123. 19 September 1788...

The Crimes Act of 1790 (or the Federal Criminal Code of 1790), formally titled An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States, defined...

Section 36 of the Act abolished the death penalty for all offences of treason and for the offence of piracy with violence (under the Piracy Act 1837), replacing...

convicted of high treason and petty treason from death by burning to death by hanging. It was the Irish equivalent of the Treason Act 1790 passed by the Parliament...

The Treason Act 1702 (1 Ann. St. 2. c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne (today...

William Maitland explained that "Treason is a crime which has a vague circumference and more than one centre". The Treason Act of 1351, called "the pole star...

The Treason Act 1381 (5 Ric. 2 Stat. 1. c. 7) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It stipulated that "none from henceforth make nor begin any manner...

The Treason Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is mainly notable for being the first instance of the rule that two...

The Treason Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is not to be confused with two other Acts about treason passed...

had held an official position at all of the previous burnings. The Treason Act 1790 was duly passed by Parliament and given royal assent by King George...

Vase. 5 June – Treason Act 1790 comes into effect, abolishing burning at the stake as the penalty for women convicted of offences of treason (which include...

The Treason Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which harmonised the law of high treason between the former kingdoms...

The Treason Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act was described as "purely procedural" by the House of Lords...

The Treason Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 30) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title is "An Act for allowing Persons impeached of High...

The Treason Act 1429 (8 Hen. 6. c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for a person to threaten to burn someone's house...

continue to survive today in the Treason Act 1695 and the Treason Felony Act 1848. One clause which was included in the Treason Act 1695 was later adapted for...

The Treason Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 24) was an English act of Parliament passed by Parliament during the reign of Henry VIII. Two clauses of the Attainder...

The Treason Act 1423 or the Escape Act 1423 (2 Hen. 6. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for a person who had been...

particular act was passed. The seventh session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain, which met from 21 January 1790 until 10 June 1790. Lord Dorchester...

The Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England. (It should not be confused with another Act about treason passed in...

an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1488. It made it high treason to counterfeit coinage from other countries. (It was already treason to counterfeit...

The Treason Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 51) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was passed early in the reign...