Dates Flashcards
When did pentonville open
1842
When was the gaols act (prison reform)
1823
When did public execution end
1868
When was transportation to Australia
1788 - 1868
When did open prisons start
1933
When was probation introduced
1907
When was the bloody code
Late 1600’s - early 1700’s
When did transportation to North America start
1660’s
When did houses of corrections open
The late 1500’s
When we’re justices of the peace introduced
1327
When did trial by ordeal end
1215
When was 999 set up
1937
When was DNA first used as evidence
1988
When were the bow street runners introduced
1748
When were the metropolitan police introduced
1829
When was the detective unit first set up
1842
When was the Habeas Corpus act (preventing people from being held indefinitely)
1679
When were coroners introduced
1194
When was the statute of labourers act
1351
When was the witchcraft act
1542 (repealed but restored in 1563)
When were the Tolpuddle matyrs sentenced
1834
When did heresy become a crime
1401
When was the Mathew Hopkins witch hunts
1645 - 47
When was Dick Turpin (famous highway robber) executed
1739
When was the death penalty abolised
1965
