That's not a very clear question.
London is part of England. Through its history the functions of law enforcement have been more or less as for the whole of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom as appropriate.
If you get punished for your beliefs, you are getting punished for what you believe in. eg. In roman times, people would get punished for being christian
bloody mary punished people at the protestant religion at what stake
they were not punished because they were dressed as Native Americans.
Zeus punished people for disobeying him in a number of ways. He punished Io by turning her into a cow and punished Atlas by making him hold a giant bolder for eternity.
Accurate records were not kept, but thousands of people were punished for petty theft during this time.
people were punished by getting their hand chopped off or by being put to death
People were punished publicly for committing a sin
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In the stocks.
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People who sinned were punished
In the early 1800 s , many white and black settlers Moved