"I read somewhere that at one point, there were 800 (yes 800) capital crimes in England. People had to stand in line and wait their turn to be hanged, I guess."
In Victorian England, pocket-picking was a capital crime.
One of the events where pick-pockets could be counted on to ply their trade en masse was at a public hanging.
16 posted on 02/16/2024 3:09:58 PM PST by Paal Gulli