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PorkfatWilly t1_jaeoktp wrote

And they’d do that for petty crimes like highway robbery. Read the Newgate Calender.

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AnselaJonla t1_jaepeol wrote

Highwaymen would have been hanged, but highway robbery is not in itself a treasonous act so where do you see that such criminals were hanged, drawn, and quartered?

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