The worst of crimes : homosexuality and the law in eighteenth-century London

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The worst of crimes : homosexuality and the law in eighteenth-century London

Netta Murray Goldsmith

Ashgate, c1998

  • : hc

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-208) and index

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内容説明

In the 18th century homosexuality became an issue, especially in London with its fast growing population. No one dared to say publicly that is should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complex. Moving from the Old Bailey to the court of King's Bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called "worst of crimes". By studying original trials documents and other manuscripts sources Netta Murray Godsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justice. She also shows how reactivated sodomy law put all 18th century male heterosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinity.

目次

  • Part 1 Affirmation and denial - homosexuals in 18th century London: sexual explorers
  • sodomites and mollies
  • the pogroms
  • homophobic misconceptions
  • how many homosexuals? how homosexuality was encouraged - institutional life
  • the cult of friendship
  • a classical education
  • the example of their betters
  • the effect of travel
  • homosexuality in literature
  • polemical writers
  • Jeremy Bentham's essay on "paederasty"
  • the consequences of homophobia
  • notes. Part 2 Rhetoric and practice -homosexuals and the law: legislation
  • bringing a prosecution
  • costs
  • trials for sodomy
  • trials for attempted sodomy
  • how the outcome was influenced - public opinion
  • prejudice
  • the judge
  • the jury
  • taking counsel
  • the law of evidence
  • the sentence
  • notes. Part 3 Sodomy and the Old Bailey, 1730-51: Judge Page and others, 1730
  • the Princess Seraphina
  • willing and reluctant Ganymedes
  • consenting adults
  • racial prejudice? the advantage of taking counsel
  • notes. Part 4 Victims of malice: towards a law on blackmail - the fall of Samuel Foote
  • notes. Part 5 Edward Walpole and the conspirators: taking sides - a patron and his protege
  • the indictment
  • Edward Walkpole's supporters rally to his side
  • a visitors to Frogmore
  • the trial of Edward Walpole
  • the counter attack - in custody
  • William Smith
  • the prosecution constructs a case
  • blind justice - the "evil tendency"
  • the case against Daniel Alexander
  • the case of Walter Patterson and Patrick Cain
  • the case against Adam Nixon
  • the sentences
  • the end of the story. Part 6 Conclusions: did Edward Walpole assault John Cather? was there a conspiracy? justice perverted
  • a last word.

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