Treason Act 1814
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title:
Treason Act 1814
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The Treason Act 1814 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which modified the penalty for high treason for male convicts. Originally the mandatory sentence for a man convicted of high treason was hanging, drawing and quartering. The 1814 Act changed this punishment and replaced it with death by hanging, followed by posthumous quartering. The Act was amended by the Forfeiture Act 1870 and the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 so that the penalty became
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United Kingdom legislation
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