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as a "little, swarthy, ill-looking rascal ... of the age of twenty-six to thirty, with a shabby hat and of dirty appearance", aimed a pistol at her but did not fire. The following day, Victoria drove the same route, though faster and with a greater escort, in a deliberate attempt to provoke Francis
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on 25 December 2021; he was charged with "discharging or aiming firearms, or throwing or using any offensive matter or weapon, with intent to injure or alarm Her Majesty". He pleaded guilty to that and other offences on 3 February 2023 at the
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This section is still in force. It created a new offence (less serious than treason, "a high misdemeanour") of assaulting the monarch, or of having a firearm or offensive weapon in his presence with intent to injure or alarm him or to cause a
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when she was on parade. The previous use of this Section was in 1966, when John Francis Morgan was convicted for throwing a concrete block out of a building onto the Queen's car during a royal visit to
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had its own special rules of evidence and procedure, which made it difficult to prosecute traitors successfully, such as the requirement that the prosecution produce two witnesses to the same
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relaxed these rules in relation to attempts on the King's life, bringing the rules in such cases in line with the less restrictive rules which then existed in ordinary
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to take a second aim and catch him in the act. As expected, Francis shot at her, but he was seized by plain clothes policemen, tried, and convicted of
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cases. Section 1 of the 1842 Act went further, removing the special rules in all cases of treason involving any attempt to wound or maim the monarch.
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On 2 August 2022, Jaswant Singh Chail was charged with offences under section 2 of the Treason Act 1842. He had been arrested in the grounds of
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This section is also still in force, and provides that section 2 does not affect the penalty for treason. However, although under the
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for a term not exceeding seven years. Originally, an attempt to assault or alarm the monarch was made punishable by
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In Northern Ireland intending or causing "any bodily harm" to the King remains treason under the
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many kinds of assault on the monarch were treason, that Act was repealed in 1998. Under
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An Act for providing for the further Security and Protection of Her Majesty's Person.
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and up to seven years' imprisonment. No-one who violated the act was ever flogged.
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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fired a pistol at the Queen, but it was loaded only with paper and tobacco.
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Today, a person convicted of an offence under this section is liable to
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The Politics of Regicide in England, 1760–1850: Troublesome Subjects
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and making threats to kill, contrary to section 16 of the
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was sentenced to five years on pleading guilty to firing
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On 29 May 1842, Victoria was riding in a carriage along
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
5 & 6 Vict.
Royal assent
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Treason Act 1842
legislation.gov.uk
5 & 6 Vict.
Act
Parliament
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen Victoria
The Mall, London
Prince Albert
high treason
transportation for life
John William Bean
Edward Oxford
treason
overt act
Treason Act 1695
Treason Act 1800
murder
Treason Act 1945
breach of the peace
Marcus Sarjeant
blank
Queen Elizabeth II
Belfast

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