Nightwalker statute
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nightwalker-statute-288-18224422
title:
Nightwalker statute
text:
Nightwalker statutes were English statutes, before modern policing, allowing or requiring night watchmen to arrest those found on the streets after sunset and hold them until morning. Foremost among them was the Statute of Winchester of 1285, which was re-adopted or amended several times until its repeal in 1827. It stated that "if any stranger do pass by them, he shall be arrested until morning." Such power was interpreted to extend not only to the watchmen themselves, but also to assistants, a
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Law requiring strangers at night to be arrested
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwalker_statute
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2024-02-07T16:46:20Z
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