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Sodomy had always been an ecclesiastical offense. The Statute of 1533 (25 Henry VIII, c. 6) made it a felony; and Pollock and Maitland consider that this affords an almost sufficient proof that the temporal courts had not punished it, and that no one had been put to death for it, for a very long time past.
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Sodomy
had
always
been
an
ecclesiastical
offense.
The
Statute
of
1533
(25
Henry
VIII,
c.
6)
made
it
a
felony;
and
Pollock
and
Maitland
consider
that
this
"affords
an
almost
sufficient
proof
that
the
temporal
courts
had
not
punished
it,
and
that
no
one
had
been
put
to
death
for
it,
for
a
very
long
time
past."
