Importuning - Revision history

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Wessexman at 12:57, 18 June 2023

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Wessexman at 21:12, 5 August 2018

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	'''Importuning''', or more specifically "persistently importuning for an immoral purpose" is a legal term introduced by the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912]]. The law was mainly used to prosecute men for cottaging.		'''Importuning''', or more specifically "persistently importuning for an immoral purpose" is a legal term introduced by the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912]]. The law was mainly used to prosecute men for cottaging.

	In 1953 the Member of Parliament for Paddington North, William Field, was convicted of this offence.<ref> West London Observer 23.01.1953 </ref>. After his conviction, ~~Filed~~ resigned as an M.P. and a by-election was held on 3 December 1953.		In 1953 the Member of Parliament for Paddington North, William Field, was convicted of this offence.<ref> West London Observer 23.01.1953 </ref>. After his conviction, Field resigned as an M.P. and a by-election was held on 3 December 1953.

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Wessexman: added case of William Filed MP 1953.

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	'''Importuning''', or more specifically "persistently importuning for an immoral purpose" is a legal term introduced by the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912]]. The law was mainly used to prosecute men for cottaging.		'''Importuning''', or more specifically "persistently importuning for an immoral purpose" is a legal term introduced by the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912]]. The law was mainly used to prosecute men for cottaging.

			In 1953 the Member of Parliament for Paddington North, William Field, was convicted of this offence.<ref> West London Observer 23.01.1953 </ref>. After his conviction, Filed resigned as an M.P. and a by-election was held on 3 December 1953.

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Ross Burgess at 12:53, 8 December 2013

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	'''Importuning''', or more specifically "persistently importuning for an immoral purpose" is a legal term introduced by the [[~~Sexual Offences~~ Act 1912]]. The law was mainly used to prosecute men for cottaging.		'''Importuning''', or more specifically "persistently importuning for an immoral purpose" is a legal term introduced by the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912]]. The law was mainly used to prosecute men for cottaging.

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Ross Burgess at 12:52, 8 December 2013

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'''Importuning''', or more specifically "persistently importuning for an immoral purpose" is a legal term introduced by the [[Sexual Offences Act 1912]]. The law was mainly used to prosecute men for cottaging.

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