Frame Breaking Act 1812

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The Frame Breaking Act 1812 was a British law that made the destruction of industrial textile machinery a capital offense, aimed at suppressing early 19th-century labor unrest and machine-breaking protests.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
aimedAt Luddite machine-breakers ⓘ
appliesTo industrial textile machinery ⓘ
power looms ⓘ
stocking frames ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criminalizes breaking of stocking frames ⓘ
destruction of industrial textile machinery ⓘ
machine-breaking ⓘ
enforcement criminal courts of England ⓘ
criminal courts of Wales ⓘ
historicalContext Luddite riots ⓘ
early 19th-century labor unrest in Britain ⓘ
historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution ⓘ
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legalEffect elevated frame-breaking to a capital felony ⓘ
expanded use of capital punishment for property crimes ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
mainSubject Luddite movement ⓘ
frame-breaking ⓘ
motivatedBy concern over economic disruption from machine-breaking ⓘ
pressure from industrialists and manufacturers ⓘ
notableFor harsh penalties for economic protest ⓘ
use of capital punishment to control labor unrest ⓘ
partOf British criminal law ⓘ
penalty death ⓘ
penaltyType capital punishment ⓘ
purpose to deter industrial sabotage ⓘ
to respond to labor unrest in the textile industry ⓘ
to suppress machine-breaking ⓘ
relatedTo Luddite movement ⓘ
history of capital punishment in the United Kingdom ⓘ
industrial relations in 19th-century Britain ⓘ
textile industry in the United Kingdom ⓘ
shortDescription British law making frame-breaking a capital offense ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
typeOfCrimeDefined felony ⓘ
victimType property of manufacturers ⓘ

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Luddite disturbances → legalResponse → Frame Breaking Act 1812 ⓘ