In the early Nineteenth-century, there was a concerted effort by the judiciary, media and the Home Department to close down official discussion and deny official recognition of same-sex relationships and sex amongst men. The crime that dare not speak its name became a literal description, given that the offence of buggery or sodomy was replaced with ___ in official records and media reports. The case involving Salisbury v Morton 1827, reconstructed from the petitions and pardons archive, offers a rare insight into the lived experiences of men engaging in same sex relationships in London during this time. It also shows how the criminal justice system responded to these men, and how they, in turn, used and manipulated the criminal justice system. More broadly, this micro-history speaks to the intersection of class, ethnicity and morality as the context for legal decision making

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“放映索尔兹伯里和牺牲莫顿的邪恶阴谋”：十九世纪初伦敦勒索、抵抗和同性亲密关系的微观历史

在 19 世纪初期，司法部门、媒体和内政部共同努力关闭官方讨论并否认官方承认男性之间的同性关系和性行为。鉴于在官方记录和媒体报道中，鸡奸或鸡奸罪已被替换为___，因此不敢说出其名称的罪行变成了字面描述。1827 年索尔兹伯里诉莫顿案 (Salisbury v Morton 1827) 从请愿书和赦免档案中重建，提供了对这段时间在伦敦从事同性关系的男性的生活经历的难得洞察。它还显示了刑事司法系统如何应对这些人，以及他们反过来如何使用和操纵刑事司法系统。更广泛地说，这个微观历史讲述了阶级的交叉点，