Mary Siddon

Mary Siddon (fl. 1783) was an English thief.

In 1783, Siddon was convicted of stealing a pork ham. She was sentenced to be 'severely and privately whipped, in the presence of females only.' This was considered to be a turning-point in English attitudes to public violence and a marker of the beginning of a more professionalised approach to policing and punishment.

References

• The London Mob: Violence and Disorder in 18th-century England by Robert Shoemaker
• Mob mentalities, Robert Shoemanker, p. 53, BBC History Magazine, October 2004

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