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Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788

Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 rather than just read about it. In short: The Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 55) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1788 and aimed at increasing the penalties for the deliberate disruption of the activity of mechanical knitting machines (stocking frames).

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Reference excerpt

The Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 55) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1788 and aimed at increasing the penalties for the deliberate disruption of the activity of mechanical knitting machines (stocking frames).

Contents Section one of the act made failure to return frames that had been hired from their owner punishable with a fine, whilst section two made unlawfully disposing of hired frames punishable with imprisonment, and section three made the purchaser equally culpable if he or she knew the frames were not the property of the seller. The final (and most strongly worded) section of the act, section four, made the outright destruction of the frames a felony punishable by 7 to 14 years transportation. The act also included the same penalty for entering by force with the intent to destroy frames or their associated paraphernalia. It was established in later case law that theft of items integral to the correct functioning of the machines (even if they were not damaged) was sufficient to meet the threshold for the act. The act described itself as a response to the malicious theft of frames, and the propensity for "discontents ... and other disorderly persons [to] have assembled in a riotous and tumultuous manner and have destroyed or materially damaged great numbers of stocking frames". Daniel Coke, Member of Parliament for Nottingham, spoke on behalf of the bill in the Commons, citing disturbances in the town and pointing to previous legislation aimed at similar disruption in the wool trade. Coke originally proposed that machine-breaking carry the death penalty, but was later forced to abandon this, seeing the request "overwhelmingly rejected" by Parliament. The act was eventually passed and received royal assent on 25 June 1788.

Significance Later acts, such as the Destruction of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 16), temporarily allowed judges to administer the death penalty for the crime of damaging frames, citing the "ineffectual" nature of the lesser punishments set out in section four of the 1788 act. Section four of the 1788 act was officially repealed by the Capital Punishments, etc. Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 46), which, whilst not removing the possibility of transportation, gave judges additional room to sentence offenders to alternative punishments such as imprisonment.

Subsequent developments Section 4 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116), which came into force on 21 August 1871. The whole act was repealed by section 2 of, and the schedule to, the Master and Servant Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 24), which came into force on 26 July 1889.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788

In research: Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1788 in economic history, Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1788, Luddites, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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