1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Man-Traps

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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17

Man-Traps

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23416651911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17 — Man-Traps

MAN-TRAPS, mechanical devices for catching poachers and trespassers. They have taken many forms, the most usual being like a large rat-trap, the steel springs being armed with teeth which met in the victim’s leg. Since 1827 they have been illegal in England, except in houses between sunset and sunrise as a defence against burglars.