George Orwell's essay " Benefit of Clergy ", intended for the volume published in 1944, was suppressed on grounds of obscenity, but its title remains in the table of contents.
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Petty treason also differed from high treason in that the legal defence of benefit of clergy was available for petty treason until 1496, whereas it was never available for high treason.
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The reading test, crucial for the benefit of clergy, was a fundamental feature of the penal system, but in order to prevent its abuse, this pardoning process was used more strictly.
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It provided that if any person was found guilty of rape or burglary, they would suffer the death penalty as normal in felony cases, without being permitted the benefit of clergy.
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The prescribed punishment, if convicted, was " Death without Benefit of Clergy, and forfeit Land and Goods . " The statute was applicable to the American colonies, but Scotland was excluded.
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Benefit of clergy was abolished in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by two acts in 1823, and Parliament formally abolished benefit of clergy with the Criminal Law Act 1827.
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He also agreed that the secular courts had no jurisdiction over the clergy, with the exceptions of high treason, highway robbery and arson : the Benefit of Clergy provision in English law.
38.
Benefit of clergy was abolished in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by two acts in 1823, and Parliament formally abolished benefit of clergy with the Criminal Law Act 1827.
39.
They were tried in an oyer and terminer court without the benefit of a jury, and four were convicted . ( The fifth pleaded benefit of clergy and was flogged and branded ).
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A sentence of death could be commuted or respited ( permanently postponed ) for reasons such as benefit of clergy, official pardons, pregnancy of the offender or performance of military or naval duty.
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