Reduction of sentences for bestiality, 1890s

Date: 1892-1897 Reference: HO 144/243-A53622 (3) Creator: Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies Catalogue context: CRIMINAL.: Punishment for unnatural offences, bestiality and sodomy; lists of cases. Includes case of two men convicted of sodomy, one of whom committed suicide by taking poison in the police cell passage immediately after sentence Categories: Crime and punishment Subjects: Sex and gender Topics: Family and identity Period: Victorians Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf