Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788

Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn Act for the better and more effectual Protection of Stocking Frames and the Machines or Engines annexed thereto or used therewith and for the Punishment of Persons destroying or injuring of such Stocking Frames Machines or Engines and the Framework knitted Pieces Stockings and other Articles and Goods used and made in the Hosiery or Framework knitted Manufactory or breaking or destroying any Machinery contained in any Mill or Mills used or any way employed in preparing or spinning of Wool or Cotton for the use of the Stocking Frame.
Citation28 Geo. 3. c. 55
Introduced byD. P. Coke
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent25 June 1788
Commencement27 November 1787
Repealed26 July 1889
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byMaster and Servant Act 1889
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 55) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1788 and aimed at increasing the penalties for the deliberate disruption of the activity of mechanical knitting machines (stocking frames).


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