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Poisoning Act 1530
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The Poisoning Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of England.[1] Its long title was "An Act for Poisoning." It made it high treason to murder someone with poison, and instead of the usual punishment for treason (hanging, drawing and quartering) it imposed death by boiling. The act was rapidly introduced in and passed by Parliament in reaction to the apparent attempted poisoning of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and led to the execution of the cook Richard Roose the following year.
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The act was virtually repealed so far as related to treason by the Treason Act 1547.[2] The remaining provision empowered Justices of the Peace to inquire of the counterfeiting of coin of an outward realm current in the Kingdom of England by the King's assent and Justices of Assize to hear and determine such counterfeiting.
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).
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