Being an 'incorrigible rogue' is no longer against the law in England.
Britain's Ministry of Justice said that the old-fashioned-sounding offence was one of more than 300 obsolete offences, which had been scrapped.
According to news24, the 1824 Vagrancy Act was aimed at the punishment of 'idle and disorderly persons,' 'rogues, and vagabonds'.
It defined an 'incorrigible rogue' as a homeless person who violently resisted arrest or escaped confinement, the report said.
The Ministry of Justice publishes an annual account of new and expired offences. The new account said that as 309 old ones were scrapped, 327 new ones were added, the report added.
