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    Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 31 (I)) was an act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland which reduced the penalty for women...
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    provision was made for Ireland by the Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796. The original penalty for high treason, petty treason or abetting counselling...
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    Burning was abolished by the Treason Act 1790 in Great Britain and by the Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 in Ireland. The 1814 Act also permitted the...
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    replaced with hanging by the Treason Act 1790 and the Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796. The penalty for high treason by counterfeiting or clipping coins...
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  • (I.)) The Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 (36 Geo. 3 c. 31) The Treason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo. 4 c. 24) The Treason (Ireland) Act 1854 (17...
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    Section 36 of the Act abolished the death penalty for all offences of treason and for the offence of piracy with violence (under the Piracy Act 1837), replacing...
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    without an overt act". In English law, high treason was punishable by being hanged, drawn and quartered (men) or burnt at the stake (women), although beheading...
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    Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4. c. 34), also known as the Offences Against the Person Act (Ireland) 1829, is an act of the Parliament...
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    Ireland subsequently passed the similar Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796.[citation needed] In the modern era, deaths by burning are largely extrajudicial...
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    Parliament of Ireland for the years from 1791 to 1800. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland. The number shown by each act's title is its...
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