Young Men’s Crimes
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Birch and prison for three men
The Glasgow Herald, 19 February 1938, p.12 Found guilty of robbery with violence Three men found guilty at the...
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Birch for robbers
The Times, London, 17 April 1947, They all pleaded “Guilty” to being armed with an automatic pistol and together...
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Bad Boys Birched
Weekly Dispatch, London, 5 August 1917 Two Lads Scared by Result of Their Misdoings. Charged with stealing a lady’s...
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Boy In Tears at Portland Court-Martial
Two youths, both with the rank of “boy” aboard H.M.S. Nelson, were at a court-martial on H.M.S. Titania at...
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Woman magistrate who had boys birched starts row: ‘It’s back to barbarism,’ says colleague
Daily Mirror, London, 11 July 1947, p.1 A WOMAN magistrate who yesterday ordered birching for two boys — one...
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Corporal Punishment 1904
The Times, London, 27 August 1904, p.8 A return of all sentences of corporal punishment inflicted under 26 and...
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Youthful Offenders Bill.
The Times, London, 13 March 1900, LORD JAMES OF HEREFORD moved the second reading of this Bill, the object...
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Robbery With Violence
The Times, London, 17 November 1925 Sentence of six months’ imprisonment in the second division and 24 strokes of...