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Monarch
GEORGE III
Year
1791
Title
31 Geo. III, c. 17,
Description
An Act to prevent the horrid Crime of Murder and to repeal an Act passed in the Tenth Year of King Henry the Seventh Intitled An Act to make Murder of Malice prepensed Treason and for repealing an Act made in the Ninth Year of Queen Anne Intitled An Act for bringing an Appeal in Case of Murder notwithstanding the Statute of King Henry the Seventh whereby Murder is made High Treason.
Classification
Law and order - murder a felony, execution day after day following sentence, bodies to be hung in chains or dissected by Dublin College of Surgeons or country infirmary, Judge can stay execution at his discretion, after conviction to be kept in solitary confinement, fed on bread and water except for the sacrament, rescue before or after execution a felony [j]

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