Attempted sodomy: Difference between revisions

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Attempted sodomy was a charge sometimes brought against men suspected of homosexual acts, given that sodomy itself was difficut to prove. Attempted sodomy was re-classified as an "infamous crime" under the Threatening Letters Act 1825 which dealt with blackmail.^[1]

Men convicted of attempted sodomy included the painter Simeon Solomon in 1873.

After the passing of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, the new and more all-embracing offence of "gross indecency" could be used instead.

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↑ Charles Upchurch, Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain's Age of Reform, University of California Press, 2009.

[1] Charles Upchurch, Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain's Age of Reform, University of California Press, 2009.

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-'''Attempted sodomy''' was a charge sometimes brought against men suspected of homosexual acts, given that [[sodomy]] itself was difficut to prove. Attempted sodomy was re-classified as an "infamous crime" under the [[Threatening Letters Act 1825]] which dealt with blackmail.
+'''Attempted sodomy''' was a charge sometimes brought against men suspected of homosexual acts, given that [[sodomy]] itself was difficut to prove. Attempted sodomy was re-classified as an "infamous crime" under the [[Threatening Letters Act 1825]] which dealt with blackmail.<ref>Charles Upchurch, ''Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain's Age of Reform'', University of California Press, 2009.</ref>
 Men convicted of attempted sodomy included the painter [[Simeon Solomon]] in 1873.
 After the passing of the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885]], the new and more all-embracing offence of "[[gross indecency]]" could be used instead.
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