Machynlleth During the reign of Queen Victoria
the attitudes of those in power (the authorities) to crime changed considerably.
This meant that the punishments given to criminals changed also. Gradually a less
harsh and fairer system of enforcing the law was established. Choose from the menu
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Crime and Punishment in Machynlleth and the Dyfi Valley.
Crime
and punishment
Changing
attitudes to crime
The Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions
Found guilty of larceny in 1840
Servants charged with theft in 1841
A new kind of crime, 1869
On the beat in the 1840s
"all done in drunkenness".