The Mint in Southwark Act 1722
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It was repealed by sections 1 and 2 of the Capital Punishment Act 1820 (1 Geo. 4. c. 116) and by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
See also
- Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696
- The Marshalsea debtors' prison
References
- 'Book 1, Ch. 19: George I', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 306–25. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46736. Date accessed: 20 November 2006.
- The text of the act
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