I thought I’d throw this one out to see what views come back. I kow the answer to the second question, I can guess the answer to the first.
But I’m interested in what you might think.
Q1:
What punishment would a 13-year-old boy, convicted of breaking in to an office and stealing items of clothing, get today?
And then…
Q2:
What punishment would a 13-year-old boy who was convicted of breaking in to an office and stealing items of clothing have received if the crime was committed in 1835?
Views in a comments please?
B.
Q1: A suspended sentence and fine at worst but probably an ASBO if he’d done it more than once.
Q2: Hanging.
Those are my guesses anyway.
1. A caution, perhaps a fine.
2. Prison??
Bugger all for #1
And I agree with hover on #2… I’m sure I answered a quiz question about stealing handkerchiefs once (not how to do it, mind) and the answer was execution 🙁
Hiya folks. Sorry, I left this hanging far too long.
1. If no prior convictions and a lenient magistrate, the penalty would be a fine.
2. With no prior convictions, a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to death and executed by hanging for this offence in 1835.
How things have changed!
Hi Brennig,
‘How things have changed!’
Yes for the worse!
Question1: I thiught they would get some kind of reward, they seem to?