@clifford I would want to know more about their history.
My great great great grandfather spent 6 months in Bedford Prison for poaching rabbits off a local farmers land. He had 10 children and I would have thought that stealing rabbits would have been beneficial to the farmer as well as to my ggg grandfather.
While I was looking at the records I spotted some interesting information. Apparently, you can get 3 months for incest, 6 months for bigamy and the death penalty for stealing a farmer's horse. Moral of the tale is don't steal from farmers.
@onewing Crime and punishment was dire for poor people in previous centuries with many stealing food just to survive. We were told that a prisoner could lose a hand if they stole a loaf of bread. That is where the expression of something 'costing an arm or a leg' comes from.
May 12th, 2024
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My great great great grandfather spent 6 months in Bedford Prison for poaching rabbits off a local farmers land. He had 10 children and I would have thought that stealing rabbits would have been beneficial to the farmer as well as to my ggg grandfather.
While I was looking at the records I spotted some interesting information. Apparently, you can get 3 months for incest, 6 months for bigamy and the death penalty for stealing a farmer's horse. Moral of the tale is don't steal from farmers.