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https://www.bl.uk/georgian-britain/articles/crime-and-punishment-in-georgian-britain

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Every single one of the crimes can be punished by any of these consequences. The jury would decide what punishment to enforce.

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They also punished minor crimes by whipping the person who committed the crime.

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When England colonized the 13 American Colonies, these ways of punishing were passed on.

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This means that one person kills another and gets SEVERE punishment for it. Murder is a synonym to homicide.

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When the court thought that something bad happened based on superstition, this was one of the outcomes of the people being accused.

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"...local magistrates, who dealt with crimes without the benefit of a jury. Magistrates were themselves unpaid officials who were drawn from the ranks of the wealthy, and were expected to defend the English law as amateurs. As a result, many magistrates were easily corrupted. In London, Horace Walpole believed that ˜the greatest criminals of this town are the officers of justice'" (White  ¶7).

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"... Theft rates in particular remained alarmingly high..." (White ¶3).

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"...or being set in the pillory and pelted with rotten eggs and vegetables" (White ¶10).

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When people did something terrible, really terrible, the people were slowly boiled in oil (Twain).

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"... criminals convicted of lesser crimes were fined..." (White ¶10).

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"Many felons were transported to the American colonies (and later in the century, to those in Australia), where they served out their sentences in hard labor" (White ¶10).

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"Guilty verdicts in cases of murder, rape and treason - even lesser offences such as poaching, burglary and criminal damage - could all possibly end in a trip to the gallows" (White ¶9).