The Treason Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain which abolished burning at the stake as the penalty...

Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) or Statute of Treasons is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the...

30 September 2011. Treason Act 1790 Commentaries on the Laws of England, William Blackstone, Book 4 chapter 14 Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7 c...

first such attempt to end the public burning of women, led to the Treason Act 1790, which abolished the sentence. By the end of the 13th century, several...

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...

burning as a method of execution was abolished the next year, by the Treason Act 1790. "Old Bailey Intelligence". The Times. No. 1123. 19 September 1788...

Parliament passed the Treason Act 1790, which for women guilty of treason substituted hanging for burning. It was followed by the Treason Act 1814, introduced...

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 King...

The Treason Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is mainly notable for being the first instance of the rule that two...

Under English common law it was a petty treason until 1828, and until it was altered under the Treason Act 1790 the punishment was to be strangled and...