An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Parliament of Great-Britain, in the twelfth year of Queen Anne, as inflicts Capital Punishment on persons guilty of stealing to the amount of Forty Shillings, in any Dwelling-House or Out-House thereunto belonging. (9th March, 1824.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    4 George IV Chapter 5
  • Year
    1824
  • Concepts
    Justice System
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    3
  • Description
    An Act to repeal parts of “An Act for the more effectual preventing and punishing Robberies that shall be committed in houses,” as apply to inflicting the capital punishment on individuals charged with stealing from a dwelling-house or out-house. Under this Act, people charged with stealing money, goods or chattles, wares or merchandizes, under the value of fifteen pounds are to be banished from the province for a term not under two years, or be sentenced to the common gaol for a term not exceeding two years.
  • Source
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