Defendants who were found not guilty were also sometimes given this sentence, if it was thought they had the potential to commit a crime in the future. Foregoing Punishment Pardons Not all punishments prescribed by the Old Bailey judges were actually carried out. Through the mechanism of a roy...
Topics explored include the enforcement of mandatory mass silence and the isolation of vocal offenders in soundproof prison cells, the way prison officials associate the voice of prisoners to disorder and crime, and the punishments imposed for noise, talking, and swearing recorded ...
Yet the criminal trial was not the sole, nor even the principal, means by which reputations were destroyed, for extra-legal punishments could be even more damaging.doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2005.00234.xJames TaylorJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111)Historical Research...
Yet the criminal trial was not the sole, nor even the principal, means by which reputations were destroyed, for extra-legal punishments could be even more damaging.doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2005.00234.xJames TaylorUniversity of Hull;Blackwell Publishing, Ltd.Taylor, J. (2005), "Commercial fraud...
Convict tattooing was an expressive activity, rarely specifically linked to their crimes and punishments. In their images of vice and pleasure some convicts may have signalled an alternative morality but for most, tattoos simply reflected their personal identities and affinities – their loves and inter...