The Offences Against the Person Act 1837[1] (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 85) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended the law to lessen the severity of punishment of offences against the person, lessening the severity of the punishment of offences.[2]
The act was one of the Acts for the Mitigation of the Criminal Law (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. cc. 84—91), which reduced the severity of punishments in the criminal justice system and abolished the death penalty for several offences.
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- ^ Cook, Chris; Keith, Brendan (18 June 1975). British Historical Facts, 1830-1900. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-01348-7.
- ^ "The Acts of the Last Session" (1837) 14 The Legal Observer 425 (7 October 1837)