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jan 1, 1824 - Vagrancy Act

Description:

- act of Parliament that makes it an offence to sleep rough or beg
- contemporary critics (including William Wiberforce) condmened the Act for being a catch-all offence that did not consider individual circumstance

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Date:

jan 1, 1824
Now
~ 202 years ago