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A pair of child's handcuffs

Findspot: 
Cambridgeshire
Period: 
Date: 
Late 19th century
Material: 
Metal

Although some crimes committed by children were still punishable by death, by the early nineteenth century courts were increasingly passing alternative sentences. Children as young as nine and ten were sentenced to transportation to work in the British colonies such as Australia. It wasn’t until the close of the nineteenth century that children were no longer placed in adult prisons.

Collection information

Collection: 
Cambridgeshire Police Museum

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
75

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