... CAT AND MOUSE ACT. The Cat and Mouse Act was put on the Statute Book. In some cases women were liberated within a few days of their sentence, to be re-arrested when their physical energies were sufficiently ...

... and oruer. Mrs. Pankhurst was several times arrested. several times imprisoned, and several times released under the Cat and Mouse Act, but at last the Seriousness of the offences committed by the militant suffragi ate called for severe punishment. In ...